Location-based data from social media can be interesting to analyze and map, but…
Nathan Yau
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Making better social media maps
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Old school data journalism from the 1800s
Data journalism is relatively new as a concept, but in practice it has…
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Gender gaps around the world
Ri Liu provides an exploratory view of gender gaps around the world through…
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Making waffle charts in R →
An alternative to the pie chart to show proportions.
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A beard scale for baseball
There are a lot of beards and other types of facial hair in…
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ArchieML →
“ArchieML (or ‘AML’) was created at The New York Times to make it easier to write and edit structured text on deadline that could be rendered in web pages, or more specifically, rendered in interactive graphics.” Less knowledge of markup language required.
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Future of visualization
Jeffrey Heer, computer science professor and co-founder of Trifacta, describes the future of…
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htmlwidgets: Create interactive web charts in R
If you don’t want to bother with JavaScript but want to publish interactive…
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Out-of-state commuters mapped
In a straightforward map, Seth Kadish shows the percentage of county residents who…
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Traffic gridlock simulation
I hate all things commute- and traffic-related, and it’s probably why I like…
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Data drawing pen pals
Stefanie Posavec, known around these parts for her manual data design and Giorgia…
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3-D chart for economy’s future
People like to poke fun at 3-D charts, mostly because they don’t work…
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Abortion policies, over time and by state
For a class project, Katie Kowalsky, Dylan Moriarty, and Robin Tolochko examined changes…
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The Elements of Data Analytic Style
The Elements of Data Analytic Style by John Hopkins biostatistics professor Jeff Leek…
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R Cheat Sheet and Guide for Graphical Parameters
You can customize graphics in R with
par()
, but the docs are mostly text and just organized alphabetically. Here is a more visual reference, categorized by what you can change. Plus, a one-page printout. -
Equality for women and girls, 20-year report
In their continued work on the No Ceilings project, Fathom describes the current…
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NCAA bracket game that rewards risk-taking
Unlike traditional bracket-picking, the Upshot’s bracket game has a twist. You still want…
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NCAA tournament bracket predictions
March Madness starts this week in the states, which means it’s time for…
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Wearable data objects that represent air pollution
For the most part, air pollution is invisible, so Stefanie Posavec and Miriam…
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Convert Adobe Illustrator files to HTML and CSS
For the folks who have to make graphics for all devices under the…