From the David Rumsey map collection, the detailed map of San Francisco Chinatown…
Nathan Yau
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Map shows illegal activity in San Francisco Chinatown, from 1885
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Extensive timelines of slang for genitalia
The title says it all. Jonathon Green, a slang lexicographer, has two new…
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Why everyone is more popular than you
Mathematician Hannah Fry is back with another video. She explains why it seems…
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Pie charts about pies with pies
Josh Sundquist and Hannah Hart made a video about pies, the edible variety…
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How to Make a Connected Scatter Plot
The combination of a time series chart and a scatter plot lets you compare two variables along with temporal changes.
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Beach Boys vocals visualized
Alexander Chen visualized “You Still Believe in Me” by the Beach Boys.
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Introduction to R, a video series by Google
Google released a 21-part short video series that introduces R. Most of the…
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Seeking a career in visualization
Some readers asked about career choices in visualization recently, and I was about…
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Listening to Zen-like Wikipedia edits
It’s easy to think of online activity as a whirlwind of chatter and…
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Racial dot map
Dustin Cable, a demographer at the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for…
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A second on the Internet →
In a straightforward view of online activity, Designly shows the approximate number of…
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Google search suggestions by country
Google search suggestions have transformed into a never-ending source of entertainment and a…
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Size comparison of everything
If you’re like me, you often wonder how big the Stay Puft Marshmallow…
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Behind the Netflix recommendation system
Wired has a fun Netflix interview on the behind-the-scenes work on the recommendation…
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Piemaster
I’m not entirely sure where this came from, but it’s from someone who…
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Pangea with political boundaries
What would Pangea look like if today’s political boundaries were drawn on it?…
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Doctor timeline for Doctor Who
I have yet to see a full episode of Doctor Who, “the longest-running…
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Useless infographics
The Guardian posted a small collection of useless infographics. It kind of looks…
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Teacher forces student to do math to unlock phone
The title caption reads: “A classmate was caught using his phone in maths.…
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BreweryMap plans your next beer road trip
BreweryMap, a Google Maps mashup and mobile app, provides two main functions. The…