Nathan Yau

Convert Adobe Illustrator files to HTML and CSS

Software / formatting, Illustrator

For the folks who have to make graphics for all devices under the…
Bivariate choropleth how-to

Maps / choropleth, guide, Joshua Stevens

Your standard choropleth map shows geographic areas colored by a single variable. You’re…
Find the fastest flight between airports

Infographics / FiveThirtyEight, flights, travel

Flight arrival and departure times are often thought of in terms of “on…
Health data breaches and fines

Infographics / breaches, privacy, ProPublica

Sisi Wei and Charles Ornstein for ProPublica highlight reported data breaches to the…
Mathematics of love

Statistics / dating, Hannah Fry, lunch talk

Mathematician Hannah Fry talks about love in terms of three “mathematically verifiable” tips:…
Multi-layered storytelling with visualization

Design / Accurat, storytelling

Quick and simple. It is a common theme in visualization that preaches clarity…
Decline of workers’ compensation

Infographics / ProPublica, Workers' Comp

Workers’ Compensation, a promise to pay medical bills and some of your wages…
Algorithmic search for a girlfriend

Statistics / bot, dating

Sharif Corinaldi moved from New York to Berkeley for graduate school and was…
Girl Scout cookies differ by region

Maps / cookies, Girl Scouts

The Girl Scouts, known for their annual cookie sales, uses two bakers. These…
On Broadway shows city life through data cross-sections

Data Art / Instagram, New York, photos

On Broadway, by Daniel Goddemeyer, Moritz Stefaner, Dominikus Baur, and Lev Manovich, provides…
Face sculptures using DNA from chewed gum

Data Art / DNA, privacy

In her 2012 piece Stranger Visions, Heather Dewey-Hagborg used DNA found in public…
Dater’s Index

Miscellaneous / dating, humor

By Emily McDowell, this recounting of dates initiated by the internet is funny.…
DNA face estimation

Statistics / DNA, face

Parabon NanoLabs is working on a service that provides face estimates using DNA…
Best time to visit DMV

Statistical Visualization / DMV, lines

I think there are people who still go to the Department of Motor…
R site updated

Software / R

The R site has a new face. It looked dated for years —…
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How to Make and Use Bar Charts in R

Tutorials / R

The chart type seems simple enough, but there sure are a lot of bad ones out there. Get yourself out of default mode.
Probably not a heat map

Maps / heatmap

A heat map is a grid of numbers colored by value. I wrote…
Where to Find Jeopardy! Daily Doubles

Data Underload / Jeopardy

Placement of Daily Double clues, from season 1 to 31. Watch them play out.
Madden ratings formula

Statistics / gaming, Madden, sports

In football video game Madden, NFL players are scored based on skill, which…
rvest: R package to scrape web data

Software / R

Inspired by the Python libraries RoboBrowser and BeautifulSoup, the rvest package by Hadley…

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