Nathan Yau

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Symbols-based Unit Charts to Show Counts in R

Tutorials / R, symbols

Add visual weight by using individual items to show counts.
Geocities map, a snapshot of an old web

Visualization / Geocities

Geocities was a place on the web you could create your own space…
Pollution popsicles

Data Art / pollution, popsicles

Students at the National Taiwan University of Arts made popsicles using sewage runoff…
R programming with Minecraft

Coding / Minecraft, R

The new R package miner is an interface to Minecraft via some simple…
How Histograms Work

Guides / distributions, histogram

The histogram is one of my favorite basic chart types, because it lets…
Baseball hitting angles on the rise

Infographics / baseball, Washington Post

After the crackdown on performance-enhancing drugs, home runs in professional baseball dipped the…
Chances it’s a Friend’s Birthday Every Single Day of the Year

Data Underload / birthday, probability

If it seems like every day you log in to Facebook, it’s someone’s birthday, you’re probably not that far off.
xkcd: Words in every state map

Maps / state map, xkcd

xkcd reading my mind somehow as usual. Not all state word maps are…
Common statistical interpretation mistakes

Mistaken Data / causation, correlation, noise, pitfalls

Statistics is a game of subtleties, and you lose when you don’t pay…
LeBron James passed Michael Jordan in playoff points

Statistical Visualization / basketball, New York Times, sports

As a Golden State Warriors fan, I am obligated to dislike LeBron James,…
Giving Up Time as a Parent

Data Underload / parenting, time use

There is a fixed number of minutes during the day. Where do parents usually draw the time from?
Multiplayer stock market game with real money

Statistical Visualization / game, stocks, Twitch

Twitch launched Stock Stream, which is a multiplayer stock market game that uses…
Comparing Google Maps and Apple Maps Over a Year

Maps / Apple, cartography, Google

Google collects much of their own data to construct their maps, whereas Apple…
Obi-Wan saying “Hello there” 67 million times

Miscellaneous / multiples, Star Wars

This clip of Obi-Wan saying “Hello there” 67 million times amused me too…
Melting glaciers

Maps / environment, glaciers, New York Times

Glaciers at Glacier National Park in Montana are melting. Using data from the…
Past and future of data analysis

Statistics / data analysis, Roger Peng

Roger Peng, a biostatistics professor at John Hopkins University, talks about the past…
Searchable budget proposal and the 10-year change

Data Sources / budget, government, New York Times

The administration released a budget proposal yesterday, which as you’d expect contains some…
Medieval fantasy city generator

Maps / procedural

Game developer Oleg Dolya made a medieval fantasy city generator. Select the size…
All of Mister Rogers’ cardigan colors

Statistical Visualization / color, Mister Rogers

While watching a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood marathon, Owen Phillips for The Awl wondered…
Satellites from the ground

Maps / satellites

There is a 16-by-16 mile grid of big X’s in the Sonoran Desert…

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