Nathan Yau

Another potential open data source, by CKAN

Jonathan Corum for The New York Times examines word usage by President Barack…

When we build: “We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.” [via]

YouTube surpassed the one hour of video uploaded per second threshold recently. To…

Nicolas Rapp and Anne Vandermey with a straightforward look at new jobs added…

Eric Fischer has mastered the art of making use of geotagged things from…

“Advertising is based on one thing: Happiness.” [via]

collaborating with Carnegie Mellon University for further development via student projects

to handle large counts and look at percent changes

a look back at the new developments last year and what to look forward to

Anyone who uses a social music service like Rdio or last.fm has probably…

“The map user has now become the map creator.”

gestural interfaces and information visualization together

one of my favorite data visualization firms, Periscopic, interviewed for Print Magazine on their work and process

starts with a transparent PNG, to the universe, and beyond, and then back again

moving time series, plus smooth scrolling

detailed article on the budding field

ProPublica has been tracking members of Congress who oppose and support SOPA. You…

After seeing Tristan Louis’ list that tallied the streaming availability of 2011’s top 100 box office hits, I was curious what it looked like graphically.

Lecture videos and materials for Statistics 110, offered at Harvard, on iTunes U for free