Nathan Yau

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Working with Map Projections and Shapefiles in R

Tutorials / projections, R, shapefile

No need to settle for the mapping defaults in R. Apply map projections to show geographic data in a way most suitable for your work.
Tim Cook Chernoff Face

Data Art / Chernoff, humor, Tim Cook

This amused me. By artist Christo Allegra.…
Fake correlation

Statistics / correlation, sampling

Gabriel Rossman, a sociology professor at UCLA, describes colliders — or when correlation…
The first photo of the United States by NASA satellite

Maps / NASA, satellite

In 1974, NASA published their first satellite photo of the contiguous United States…
Turning 30, explained with charts

Infographics / age, humor

You get older as time passes. (That’s how age works last time I…
Arduino Workshop, a good book for getting started

Coding / Arduino, book review

I started working through Arduino Workshop by John Boxall over the holidays, and…
Japan fertility rate forecasts versus reality

Statistical Visualization / birth, forecast, Japan, Washington Post

It’s hard to predict the future, especially when humans are involved. Oftentimes, there…
Every episode of Friends season 1, played simultaneously

Data Art / average, Friends

All ten seasons of Friends are currently available on Netflix, but watching shows…
$5.2 million in extra cab tips, found in public data

Statistics / taxi, tips

A few months ago BusinessWeek ran an article on how much people tip…
Rapper travels and a robot arm

Data Art / long-exposure, music

Maximum Distance. Minimum Displacement. by Tahir Hemphill explores rappers’ geographic mentions in their…
Rising R usage in the sciences

Software / R, science

R continues its growth, and usage in the sciences is no exception. Nature…
Statisticians in World War II

Statistics / war

The Economist recounts the stories of statisticians who solved problems during wartime. Although…
Auto recalls for the year set record

Infographics / big numbers, New York Times, recalls

There were a lot of auto recalls — 62 million of them —…
Annual Performance Review

Site News / annual review

I love my work. However, I miss out on great things as a…
Inadvertent algorithmic cruelty

Statistics / algorithms, facebook, human

If you logged into Facebook the past couple of weeks, you saw your…
Eric Rodenbeck on visualization and running a studio

Visualization / lunch talk, Stamen

Eric Rodenbeck is the founder and creative director for Stamen. No doubt you’ve…
Cookie ingredient variants

Infographics / food, physical

For the holiday cookie makers, this one from Tessa Arias is for you.…
Holiday lights from space

Maps / lights, NASA, space

You’ve likely seen the classic globe image that shows Earth at night. It’s…
Most decade-specific words in Billboard song titles

Statistical Visualization / songs, text

David Taylor looked for words in Billboard song titles that appeared during a…
News that China blocks

Infographics / China, firewall, ProPublica

China blocks sites from its citizens. We know this. But, what do they…

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