Tim Harford for Financial Times on big data and how the same problems…
Nathan Yau
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Big data, same statistical challenges
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Open access to 20,000 maps from NYPL
The New York Public Library announced open access to 20,000 maps, making them…
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Planetary layer cake
From Cakecrumbs, a product that helps you learn while you eat: planetary layer…
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Bike share data in New York, animated
Citi Bike, also known as NYC Bike Share, is releasing monthly data dumps…
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Dead links on the Million Dollar Homepage →
Remember the Million Dollar Homepage from 2005? It sold ad space to anyone…
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Exponential water tank
Hibai Unzueta, based on a paper by Albert Bartlett, demonstrates exponential growth with…
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Centuries of European border changes
The Centennia Historical Atlas is a program that shows you border changes in…
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Smoking rates and income →
Based on a study on smoking prevalence from 1996 to 2012, a map…
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Reconstructing Google Streetview as a point cloud
Patricio Gonzalez Vivo, an MFA Design & Technology student, scraped depth from Google…
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Human heartbeat
Jen Lowe tracks her heart rate with a Basis watch, and she’s showing…
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How to Make Smoothed Density Maps in R
Too many points to plot often means obscured patterns in the clutter. Density maps offer a smooth alternative.
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Level of road grid
Seth Kadish looked at the road network of several major counties and estimated…
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Graph TV shows ratings by episode
Kevin Wu made a straightforward interactive that lets you see IMDB television ratings…
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Failed Bitcoin market activity
Stamen visualized Bitcoin activity, noting a variety of traders who knew what they…
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NBA passing dynamics
With player tracking installed in all of the NBA arenas, the sports analytics…
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An exploration of cultural production
Pantheon, a project from the Macro Connections group at The MIT Media Lab,…
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Coffee Place Geography
My fascination with the geography of place and businesses continues.
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Job Board, March 2014
Looking for a job in data science, visualization, or statistics? There are openings…
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Gambling data as a proxy for excitement in sports
After he noticed gambling odds fluctuate wildly at the end of a football…
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Beer me, Minnesota
The Star Tribune has a fun interactive that recommends Minnesota brews, based on…