Nathan Yau

In a similar fashion to their work in Britain from Above, CGI and…

Campaign by the Royal Statistical Society to help the general public understand and not shy away from statistics [via]

Use of Force layout, collision detection, and transitions to make this graphic from The New York Times

Lets you easily create online and interactive, event-based timelines and share them

When you use the same password for every online account, there could be…

Oldie but a goodie

World Bank snuggles up with Google

This talk by Bret Victor caught fire a few days ago, but I…

You knew this was coming, right? The New York Times describes the point…

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