Note from Nathan: Last week, visualization researchers from all over gathered in Providence,…
Nathan Yau
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Telling Stories with Data – VisWeek 2011
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Microsoft envisions the near future in technology and interaction
In a follow-up to last year’s visions of the future, Microsoft imagines interacting…
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How we got to a population of 7 billion
NPR explains how we reached a population of 7 billion. Simply put, the…
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Best of FlowingData – October 2011
Another month, another crazy circular discussion on the chances of answering a question…
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7 billion people in the world: past, present and future
According to estimates from the United Nations Population Division, there are now over…
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Horrors coming to each state this Halloween
So many movies, so many creepy crawlies that go bump in the night.…
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Best statistics question ever
The question is great. The resulting comment thread is epic. What’s your answer?
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Venn diagram: Platypus playing a keytar
The word you’re looking for is epic. From Tenso graphics, maker of amusing…
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Google+ Ripples show influence and how posts are shared
Posts and links get shared over and over again, but we usually don’t…
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Language communities of Twitter
Eric Fischer maps language communities on Twitter using Chrome’s open-source language detector. Each…
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Programming gets you freedom to do what you want with data
Casey Reas and Chandler McWilliams asked visual designers why they write their own…
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Analysis of Steve Jobs tribute messages
Apple has a page dedicated to Steve Jobs that displays messages from friends,…
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Visualize This: Price Fluctuations
It’s been about three months since Visualize This came out, and in case…
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NASA maps a decade of fires, a global tour
Using satellite data that goes back to 2002, NASA maps tens of millions…
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Mapping Internet and Population →
Where there is Internet and where there is none
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Racial divide mapped with spacial rifts
Jim Vallandingham maps racial divide in major cities using Mike Bostock’s implementation of…
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The Venn Piagram
Get it? It’s a Venn diagram made of actual pies. That’s why it’s…
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Facebook connections displayed in physical space
For Facebook’s F8 developer conference, creative agency Obscura Digital delivered the Connections installation.…
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The Don’ts of Infographic Design
Smashing Magazine offers advice on the dos and don’ts of infographic design, but they forgot to include the former. It’s as if I wrote a fake post and someone mistook it for a serious guide.
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Statisticians don’t program?
We’re statisticians. We don’t program.
— Anonymous statisticianI was talking to a…