Nathan Yau

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

In working with tenants to help their city attorney convict a group of…

One of the best in the business look back at all of last year’s map work

In 2010, NASA released a map that shows world forest heights. Robert Simmon,…

While SOPA and PIPA are no laughing matter (join the strike), the reaction…

Ranty post on why stat isn’t math

and statisticians rejoiced, although never satisfied until R is at the top

Inverse population density

“Today, in the Age of Participation, it’s crowds, not scholars, who are charting their own New World.”