Nathan Yau

Stephen Curry 3-point record ridiculousness

Statistical Visualization / basketball, New York Times, Stephen Curry

Stephen Curry made 402 three-pointers this regular season, which is ridiculous. Gregor Aisch…
The Guardian analyzes 70m comments, unearthing online abuse

Statistics / comments, Guardian

Online comments are an odd entity that can get out of hand quickly,…
Every Kobe Bryant shot charted

Maps / basketball, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Times

In celebration of Kobe Bryant’s final game, the Los Angeles Times charted all…
Virus trading cards

Infographics / cards, Eleanor Lutz, virus

Eleanor Lutz made some trading cards — for viruses.
To make the 3D…
Balance the Trump and Cruz tax plans

Infographics / elections, taxes

The tax plans of Ted Cruz and Donald Trump might seem fine if…
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Drawing Squares and Rectangles in R

Tutorials / R

R makes it easy to add squares and rectangles to your plots, but it gets a little tricky when you have a bunch to draw at once. The key is to break it down to the elements.
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Voronoi Diagram and Delaunay Triangulation in R

Tutorials / Delaunay, R, voronoi

The deldir package by Rolf Turner makes the calculations and plotting straightforward, with a few lines of code.
A year of home energy usage, by the hour

Self-surveillance / energy

Michael VanDaniker found that his energy provider, Baltimore Gas and Electric, provides customers…
Rising death rates for white women

Statistical Visualization / mortality, Washington Post

Overall life expectancy continues to increase, but looking at it from the other…
US surveillance flight paths for the FBI and Homeland Security

Maps / BuzzFeed, government, privacy, surveillance

Peter Aldhous and Charles Seife dug into flight path data, specifically looking for…
Treating visualization as a process

Statistics / process

Many people think of visualization as a plug-in tool that spits out something…
Data USA makes government data easier to explore

Apps / government, open data

Government data is, shall we say, not the easiest to use and look…
A visual recreation of the Porsche driving experience

Data Art / driving, Porsche

This is beautiful work by digital art and design studio onformative. They recreate…
A Week with the WeMo Insight Switch

Internet of Things / smart home, WeMo

The WeMo Insight Switch from Belkin lets you remotely control a power outlet…
Flyover Country app tells you about the ground beneath as you fly

Maps / app, flying, GPS

Before your next flight, road trip, or hike, download the Flyover Country app…
Changing river path seen through satellite images

Maps / environment, river, satellite

Sedimentary geologist Zoltan Sylvester downloaded Landsat data using Earth Explorer and strung together…
Divorce Rates for Different Groups

Data Underload / divorce, marriage

We know when people usually get married. We know who never marries. Finally, it’s time to look at the other side: divorce and remarriage.
Data Proofer automates the data checking process

Software / csv, data wrangling

Data checking is a pain and can be what stands between you and…
Practical guide for color correction of satellite images

Design / color, satellite

Robert Simmon provides a hands-on guide to get true color from satellite imagery.…
Coastline across the ocean, from where you’re standing

Maps / Andy Woodruff, coastline

A couple of years ago, Eric Odenheimer wondered: If you stand on the…

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