Number of likes and shares for a Facebook post are just simple aggregates…
Nathan Yau
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How viral photos spread on Facebook
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Not enough donut
From the October 10 Boston Metro. Oops. [via]…
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Microsoft Patents 1826 Choropleth Map Technique →
That can’t be good.
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State of polar bear populations
There are an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears in the world, and…
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How much do Google and Facebook profit from your data? →
Estimated value of your data
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Ready Set Raphael →
Quickly convert SVG to RaphaelJS
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Spending race →
The Washington Post has been doing some good work this election season
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History of Earth in 24-hour clock
I’m not sure where this is originally from, but I found it on…
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HUSL →
Detailed and interactive explanation on the appended color space [via]
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Using OpenStreetMap Data with Open-Source GIS →
Good tutorial
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Patent war →
As you’ve probably heard, Apple and Samsung have been in a bit of…
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Intro to infographics course →
From a journalism point of view and for beginners
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Trifacta →
Jeffrey Heer and company announce startup that helps people make sense of large datasets
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The birthday problem explained
How many people does it take for there to be a 50% chance…
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The Dirty Truth About Data Literacy →
Kim Rees from Periscopic talks learning data and visualization for the public
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RiTa →
Natural language library for generative literature in Processing [via]
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More on Making Heat Maps in R
You saw how to make basic heat maps a while back, but you might want more flexibility for a specific data set. Once you understand the components of a heat map, the rest is straightforward.
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Parse PDF files with R →
Potential time-saver
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Smooth zooming →
Useful for a stepper map
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The real A/C repair schedule
My central air conditioner started to suck about a month ago, so I…