Nathan Yau

Evolution and history of London

Maps / evolution, London

Using data from the National Heritage List for England, the London Evolution Animation…
Gotham City map

Maps / Batman, fiction, Gotham City

In 1998, artist Eliot R. Brown created a map of Gotham City for…
Distribution of letters in the English language

Statistical Visualization / distributions, language

Some letters in the English language appear more often in the beginning of…
Tron-style dashboard shows Wikipedia and GitHub streams

Statistical Visualization / GitHub, Tron, Wikipedia

As a fun learning exercise, Rob Scanlon made a dashboard that shows GitHub…
Where Bars Outnumber Grocery Stores

Data Underload / bars, Floatingsheep, grocery stores

A closer look at the age old question of where there are more bars than grocery stores, and vice versa.
Careers after the college degree

Network Visualization / education

Ben Schmidt, an assistant professor of history at Northeastern University, was curious about…
Death penalty, the executed and the victims →

Infographics / death penalty, Washington Post

The Washington Post provides a look at the death penalty in the United…
What pregnant women want

Statistics / Google, New York Times, pregnancy

In another take on the game of what Google suggests while searching, Seth…
Strava Metro aims to help cities improve biking routes

Data Sharing / cycling, government, Strava

Last month, Strava, which allows users to track their bike rides and runs,…
Your income versus what it feels like →

Statistical Visualization / economics, income, NPR

Incomes and the cost of living vary across the country. Some areas might…
Machine learning a cappella on overfitting

Statistics / humor, Udacity

From the machine learning course on Udacity, an a cappella group sings a…
Military infographic fascination

Infographics / military, Paul Ford, Powerpoint

Paul Ford describes his fascination with military infographics. Here’s what he has to…
Beaker allows data exploration in various languages

Software

Currently in beta, Beaker lets you work and experiment with data with different…
The United States of Metrics isn’t such a bad thing

Self-surveillance / New York Times

Bruce Feiler for The New York Times describes his concern and distaste for…
Drought map shows extreme shortages

Maps / drought

From the U.S. National Drought Monitor.
The entire state of California is in…
A majority of your email in Gmail, even if you don’t use it

Statistics / email

For reasons of autonomy, control, and privacy, Benjamin Mako Hill runs his own…
Newborn false positives

Mistaken Data / false positive, Shutterfly

Shutterfly sent promotional emails that congratulate new parents and encourage them to send…
Alcohol consumption per drinker

Statistical Visualization / drinking, Economist

We’ve seen rankings for alcohol consumption per capita around the world. These tend…
Share your traces with a stranger

Self-surveillance / anonymity, MIT Media Lab

The MIT Media Lab Playful Systems group is working on an experiment in…
Job Board, May 2014

Job Board

Looking for a job in data science, visualization, or statistics? There are openings…

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