“Work of the web designer goes well beyond pixel-pushing beautification.” Applies especially well to data designers [via]
Nathan Yau
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Design is a Job →
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Too many axes
Kaiser Fung talks about the suck of overlaying plots to show a relationship.…
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How recruiters look at your resume
In a study by TheLadders (of n equals 30), recruiters looked at resumes…
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How businesses approach infographics
The Washington Post asked three “young entrepreneurs” how their company uses infographics. They…
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Why Statistics? →
Seems promising, if you have access to Science
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Data Stories →
“I have a goal in life: To rid the world of bad PowerPoint slides.”
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Designing Data Visualizations →
An almost two-hour long, analytics-focused talk
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Under the Sea, Under the Sea
In usual xkcd fashion, Randall Munroe plots the depths of lakes and oceans,…
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Metal bands per capita
By Reddit user depo_, this map showing metal bands per capita around the…
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geo-how-to →
Tips and tricks for making your own maps
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Manhattan-like grids in the brain →
More organized and less chaotic than previously thought
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Conducting Demystified
The New York Times, in collaboration with the New York University Movement Lab,…
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The Accidental Statistician
George E.P. Box, a statistician known for his body of work in time…
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Streets Visualized →
Make your own local Ben Fry-esque All Streets
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Open thread: Are we drowning or swimming in data?
After reading another article about the flood of data that we’re drowning and…
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Ember and D3 →
How Square built a responsive analytics page
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Charities Use Infographics for Attention →
Well, a lot of people are these days. There are some pointers in here though how not to do it crappy.
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What a Pound of Change is Worth
After seeing his friend’s CoinStar receipt for 27 pounds of coins that equalled…
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Interactive Time Series Chart with Filters
Time series charts can easily turn to spaghetti when you have multiple categories. By highlighting the ones of interest, you can direct focus and allow comparisons.
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The New World of Massive Data Mining →
Podcast on the growing number of uses