Nathan Yau

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Squaire.js →

Coding / JavaScript, link, Wall Street Journal

JavaScript library from Wall Street Journal to make the now popular square state grid.
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k-means + d3.js →

Coding / d3js, link

The simple clustering technique implemented with d3.js.
A Day in the Life of Americans

Data Underload / simulation, time use

I wanted to see how daily patterns emerge at the individual level and how a person’s entire day plays out. So I simulated 1,000 of them.
Tinder robot behaves to palm sweatiness

Data Art / robot, self, Tinder

Take all the guesswork out of finding “love” on Tinder, and let the…
Guide for dealing with bad data

Statistics / Quartz, real data

Enter the real world of data and statistics, and you find that files…
All the roads that lead to Rome

Maps / moovel, Rome

As the saying goes, “All roads lead to Rome.” Folks at the moovel…
Blueprint for a carbon-free world

Statistical Visualization / environment, National Geographic

Getting to 100 percent renewable energy seems like such a far away goal…
Plant life cycle shows a breathing Earth

Maps / environment, NASA

NASA mapped the annual cycle of all plant life on the planet in…
Mass shootings count – Depends on your definition

Infographics / definitions, shootings, Washington Post

With recent events, you’ve likely seen the articles and graphics that get into…
How various demographic groups can change the election result

Statistics / elections, FiveThirtyEight, government

Does your vote matter? Aaron Bycoffe and David Wasserman for FiveThirtyEight provide an…
Numbers quiz tests how well you know your country

Statistics / Guardian, ignorance, quiz

In their annual survey that tests public perception against reality, Ipsos Mori asked…
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How to Make an Interactive Bar Chart With a Slider

Tutorials / d3js, JavaScript

Provide a slider for the standard bar chart so that users can shift focus to a point of interest.
Sunset quality forecasting

Statistics / prediction, weather

Forget temperature and rain weather forecasts. I want to know when the sunset…
Ant time-lapse shows movement patterns

Maps / ants, time-lapse

Ant activity can seem mysterious at times. The pack seems to start out…
Cleaning sale: Half off in the FlowingData shop →

Site News

Everything — all two items — in the FlowingData shop is half off.…
Most Common Use of Time, By Age and Sex (2015)

Data Underload / time use

Typical time use varies by who you talk to. This interactive shows you the differences when you vary age and sex.
Fast image classifications in real-time

Software / classification, images, neural networks

NeuralTalk2 uses neural networks to caption images quickly. To demonstrate, the video below…
Thanksgiving flight patterns

Maps / flights, New York Times, Thanksgiving

Millions of Americans will fly home this Thanksgiving weekend. (Based on my morning…
Metadata surveillance investigation

Statistics / metadata, privacy

Metadata can tell you a lot, and most of us agree that it’s…
Sometimes the y-axis doesn’t start at zero, and it’s fine

Design / baseline, Vox

It’s true. Sometimes it’s okay for the y-axis to start at a non-zero…

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