Nathan Yau

Testing broken computer colors

Design / color

Computers can calculate an infinite number of colors, but our brains can only…
Graduate student makes up data for fake findings

Mistaken Data / fake data, retraction

Last month, This American Life ran a story about research that asked if…
Brewing Multivariate Beer

Projects / beer, physical

I was toying around with the idea of multivariate beer, where the ingredients varied by county demographics. Could I taste the difference? Here’s how the experiment went.
Satellite time-lapse shows changes on the ground

Maps / satellite, time-lapse

Since the 1970s, NASA has used satellites to take pictures of the Earth’s…
Time-lapse using photos online

Statistics / time-lapse

Think of time-lapse photography, and you imagine someone sets up a camera in…
Running through digital particles

Data Art / Kinect, movement, Nike

Force of Nature by FIELD is a running installation commissioned by Nike. It…
Upgraded self, but there’s a catch

Self-surveillance / privacy, Washington Post

With wearables and cheaper and advancing tech, the how part of personal data…
Link

mapturner →

Software / link, NPR, TopoJSON

“A command line utility for generating topojson from various data sources for fast maps.” Useful for use with D3.
Animated history of US county boundaries

Maps / animation, boundaries

Here’s a straightforward animation that shows US county boundaries change between 1629 and…
Estimated age based on your name

Statistical Visualization / names, Randal Olson

A while back, Nate Silver and Allison McCann for FiveThirtyEight estimated age based…
Data as a verb

Statistics / grammar, verb

As in, you data me, I data you, and they data us. Jer…
A year of earthquakes

Maps / earthquake, Fathom

Fathom provides an interactive browser for a year of earthquakes, based on data…
Sandwich Place Geography

Data Underload / sandwiches

Subway dominates the sandwich chains.
The Great Grid Map Debate of 2015

Maps / grid map, Twitter

There’s been a sudden bump in grid maps lately taking the place of…
The big companies behind organic food brands

Infographics / food, organic, Phil Howard, Washington Post

When you walk down the aisles of the grocery store, there are probably…
Illegal to collect environmental data in Wyoming

Data Sharing / environment, law, Wyoming

Wyoming just passed a law that makes it illegal to collect data about…
#DrunkTufte

Miscellaneous / humor

There were some blips on Twitter last week for the DrunkTufte hashtag for…
Problems with algorithmic policy-making

Statistics / algorithm, policy

Virginia Eubanks for Slate describes the dangers of relying too heavily on black-boxed…
Visualization is growing up

Visualization

For a while, somewhere in between 2007 and 2011, infographics — in the…
Rising beef prices and cattle theft

Statistical Visualization / economy, FiveThirtyEight, food

Eric Benson for FiveThirtyEight delves into cattle theft, which can cost an owner…

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