Nathan Yau

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Visual Metaphor

The Process / illustration, metaphor

Welcome to The Process, the newsletter for FlowingData members that looks closer at…
Where restaurants serve Asian cuisines in the U.S.

Maps / Asian, Pew Research, restaurant

You can find Asian restaurants in most places in the United States, but…
Where it warmed the most in the world

Maps / climate change, global warming, Washington Post

Earth got its hottest year on record in 2023. Based on data from…
Snow drought

Maps / Bloomberg, climate change, drought, snow

A warming climate has meant less snow in the northern hemisphere, which is…
Find familiar places in new cities

Apps / AI, Raymond Kennedy, travel

If you’re traveling to a new city, it can be tricky to figure…
When movies become musicals and then movies again

Statistical Visualization / movie, musical, Washington Post

For The Washington Post, Hanna Zakharenko charted all the movies that were adapted…
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Unlimited Chart Options

The Process / options

We often talk about visualization in terms of restrictions and rules, as if you must limit your possibilities to make charts the right way. As you might have guessed, there are other options.
Boeing panel that blew off during flight

Infographics / Boeing, Reuters, safety

A refrigerator-sized panel popped off a Boeing 737 MAX 9 during the ascent…
NYT Flash-based visualizations work again

Software / archive, flash, New York Times

In the 2000s, if you wanted to make interactive or animated visualization for…
Map with a receipt printer

Maps / Aaron Koelker, receipt, river

Aaron Koelker used a receipt printer to print a six-foot long map of…
Coin flips might tend towards the same side they started

Statistics / bias, coins, František Bartoš, Scientific American

The classic coin flip is treated as a fair way to make decisions,…
AI-based things in 2023

Statistics / AI, Large Language Model, Simon Willison

There were many AI-based things in 2023. Simon Willison outlined what we learned…
Repairing Panama Canal water levels

Maps / Bloomberg, Panama Canal, water

For Bloomberg, Peter Millard and Michael D. McDonald report on the efforts to…
Psuedo-charts with Microsoft Image Creator

Apps / AI, Image Creator, Microsoft

With each new AI-based tool that comes out, I begrudgingly kick the tires…
Oppenheimer movie timeline

Infographics / Oppenheimer, timeline

By Reddit user Pitazboras, a movie timeline for Oppenheimer with running time on…
Best Data Visualization Projects of 2023

Visualization / best-of

Data continues on its upwards trajectory and with it comes the importance of visualization. Many charts were made in 2023. These are my ten favorites from the year.
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Visualization Tools and Learning Resources, December 2023 Roundup

The Process / roundup

Here is the good stuff for December in the last roundup for 2023.
A phone charger that only works when you recharge yourself

Data Art / Dries Depoorter, phones, vision

Recharge, an art installation by Dries Depoorter, uses a system that detects when…
Estimating the size of YouTube

Statistics / estimation, Ethan Zuckerman, Jason Baumgartner, YouTube

YouTube doesn’t offer numbers for how big they are, so Ethan Zuckerman and…
Breaking down the holiday movie formula

Infographics / holidays, movies, Upshot

NYT’s The Upshot looked at 424 holiday movies released by the Hallmark and…

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