Nathan Yau

Infinity abstractions

Infographics / Dea Bankova, infinite, math

Infinity is an abstraction of endlessness, which seems to suggest that it cannot…
Renting vs. Owning a Home, by State

Data Underload / households, rent

Among households in the United States, 68% are owned and 32% are rented, based on estimates from the American Community Survey in 2021. That breakdown isn’t uniform across the country though.
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Visualization Integration

The Process / tools

If you want to maximize fun, a mixed toolbox is still best.
Explorable explanation for matrix transformations

Infographics / math, matrix, Yi Zhe Ang

Instead of using a bunch of equations to memorize, Yi Zhe Ang visually…
Python is coming to Excel

Software / Excel, Python

Excel is getting a bump in capabilities with Python integration. From Microsoft:
Excel…
Using cold lake water to cool buildings

Infographics / cooling, Washington Post

There are buildings in Toronto, Canada that make use of a deep lake…
Passenger planes flying too close

Infographics / flights, New York Times

Sometimes passenger planes get a little too close to each other on takeoff…
xkcd: Pairwise matrix of what to do in an emergency

Infographics / humor, xkcd

xkcd has an informative reference for what do in case of mountain lion…
Visual breakdowns of iconic hip-hop samples

Statistical Visualization / hip-hop, music, sampling, Tracklib

Hip-hop music producers often sample from previous works. They remake, restructure, and repurpose…
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Chart Options for When Time Data Has Uneven Gaps

The Process / gaps, options, time series

Visualizing time series data often assumes that your data points are evenly spaced over time, which is not always the case.
Hip-hop’s influence on the English language

Infographics / hip-hop, language, music, New York Times, vernacular

For The New York Times, Miles Marshall Lewis highlights the etymology of five…
Shifting towards more hot days, fewer cold days

Statistical Visualization / Bloomberg, global warming

It keeps getting hotter around the world. Not every single day. But over…
Supermarket provides AI-driven meal planner and is disappointed by the internet using it to output weird recipes

Mistaken Data / AI, grocery, Guardian, recipes

A supermarket chain in New Zealand offered an AI-based recipe generator, and of…
Cultural Midwest, not technically

Maps / geography, humor, Luke Capasso, Midwest

The U.S. Census Bureau defines the Midwest as the region of twelve states…
Map of Lahaina buildings destroyed in wildfire

Maps / buildings, Lahaina, Wall Street Journal, wildfire

Most of the Maui town Lahaina was destroyed by wildfire. The Wall Street…
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Chart Options for When You Have Lots of Categories

The Process / categories, debug, options

A long bar chart can be a bit much, so here are simple options to make it less jumble-ish.
Losing ice in the Antarctic

Statistical Visualization / Antarctic, Economist, global warming, ice

In this chart from The Economist that shows ice extent from 1972 up…
Greenhouse gas from wasting food at home

Infographics / food, garbage, methane, Reuters

Almost half of wasted food comes from homes, and almost half of that…
Rarity of songwriters who are women for popular songs

Infographics / Ashley Cai, Chris Dalla Riva, gender, music, Pudding

It’s common to see singers who are women, but the people who write…
Finding a troll’s identity

Data Sharing / privacy, TikTok, trolls

A troll kept leaving comments on a woman’s TikTok videos, so she figured…

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