Nathan Yau

Getting closer to interactive text books

A Boy Scout is always prepared.

See also: Bristol stool chart.…

“The trick, in so far as I’ve observed one, is to pick questions first before you let the data be your guide.”

In the 1980s, students and researchers at UCLA, led by marketing professor Alan…

He does art nowadays, and talks with the BBC how science influences his work

Survey of visual storytelling

Taking the next step in the Wolfram|Alpha experiment, Wolfram launches a Pro version…

Visualization podcast with a blend of research and in-practice. The first episode has some choppy spots, but it’ll get better.

Play, ask a question, sketch, crunch, and build

“When you live in an isolated nation with a population roughly the size of Pittsburgh, accidentally lusting after a cousin is an all-too-real possibility.”

Free webcast from O’Reilly coming up this Thursday, as Strata conference nears

With Obama’s recent budget for next year proposed, Shan Carter et. al of…

Stamen describes the process behind their latest interactive maps for Esquire

Free computer science books available as PDFs. The two most recent: Think Complexity (exploration with Python) and Think Stats

I think this R thing is legit

For those who die a little inside every time they see a word…

Plenty of potential but a long way to go for real accuracy

More hoorah for the data. Something in the water over at NYT or data is just that cool. Latter.

Esquire invited a handful of map-makers to represent the United States outside its…

Nate Silver looks at past players who have scored 20 or more points,…