From Pasta by Design by George L. Legendre, it’s exactly what you think…
Nathan Yau
-
Geometry of pasta
-
Link
Two tales of one dataset →
Simple dataset, but two graphs tell different stories of rainfall
-
Link
Perception: Gestalt Laws →
How we see patterns. Second in the series from Jorge Camoes, geared towards Excel users, but applicable across different software
-
Pie step comment bubble 3D thing
This graphic by commenting platform DISQUS, arguing that higher quality online discussions come…
-
Designing Google Maps
Google Maps is one of Google’s best applications, but the time, energy, and…
-
Link
Predictions for Online Data in 2012 →
Predictive analytics, the talent grab, and non-profits [via]
-
Map of Reddit
Reddit user Laurel Quade mapifies the wonderful world of Reddit. Each country represents…
-
Link
Graphics Collection →
As part of a masters thesis project, a collection of information graphics from The New York Times and The Guardian
-
Predicting the future of prediction
Tarot cards don’t cut it anymore as a predictors. We turn to data…
-
Link
A Slopegraph Update →
Read the original summary of the method first
-
Teamwork and collaboration that built Watson
Team lead, David Ferrucci, recalls the early days of putting together the team…
-
Link
Map your Twitter followers in R →
Quick hack that shows where your Twitter followers are from
-
Link
NASA open sources code →
“Will your code someday escape our solar system or land on an alien planet?” [via]
-
Link
Facts are Sacred →
Guardian’s short eBook on how they do data
-
Where people are looking for homes
In August 2006, real estate search site Trulia had 609,000 visitors. Five years…
-
Link
‘Data journalism’ draws the line between the quick and the dead →
Maybe there’s something to this numbers thing
-
Members Only
Build Interactive Area Charts with Filters
When you have several time series over many categories, it can be useful to show them separately rather than put it all in one graph. This is one way to do it interactively with categorical filters.
-
Link
indiemapper is free →
-
Introducing FlowingData Membership
It was about five years ago when I got into visualization. Before I…
-
Apollo 11 lunar landing told through data
From Yanni Loukissas of the MIT Laboratory for Automation, Robotics, and Society, comes…