Elijah Meeks is running a detailed survey about data visualization people to gain…
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The range of Meryl Streep
Here’s a fun piece from Stephanie Merry and Shelly Tan for The Washington…
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Apple vs. Google company structure, as seen through patents
For Co.Design, Periscopic compared patent ownership between Apple and Google, which ends up…
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Bill Paxton tribute through storm spotters’ GPS coordinates
Bill Paxton, who played a storm chaser in Twister, died on Sunday. To…
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Easily download large-ish survey datasets
Many government organizations release microdata for surveys every year. It comes as anonymized…
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Relationships: The First Time…
When Americans had sex, moved in with someone, and so on. Often not average. Far from normal.
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Oil and gas wells in the United States
Tim Meko and Laris Karklis for The Washington Post take a dive into…
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xkcd: Projecting country borders by time zone
Time zones are odd sometimes.…
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States most similar to the US overall
“Normal America.” I’m not sure what that means anymore, but at some point…
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Evolution of The New York Times front page
From Josh Begley, this quickfire flip book shows every New York Times front…
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Forest of Numbers
To celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the National Art Center in Tokyo, Emmanuelle…
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Annotate charts with a few clicks using ChartAccent
Some say annotation is the most important layer for charts meant for public…
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R for Excel users
For Excel users getting started with R, pain oftentimes finds its way into…
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Open data from The White House returns no results
When you search for datasets on The White House site, you get nothing.…
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Graphs from 1900 that depict a snapshot of African American life
In 1900, W. E. B. Du Bois and his students drew a series…
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Data Selfie: Chrome extension logs what Facebook learns about you
Facebook logs data about you and how you use their application. I know…
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One square mile in different cities
As part of his dissertation, Geoff Boeing generated these maps that show one…
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How to Spot Visualization Lies
Many charts don’t tell the truth. This is a simple guide to spotting them.
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Sharing the same traits and qualities
My son used to watch Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (a modern take on Mister…
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RIP Hans Rosling
Hans Rosling passed away this morning. The man. The legend.…