I tweeted this out earlier, but people are really excited about RStudio, an…
Nathan Yau
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RStudio: a new IDE for R that makes coding easier
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German defense minister’s plagiarized PhD dissertation visualized
As some of you might know, Germany’s defense minister, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, resigned…
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March Madness bracketology – winners and losers
Working off last year’s bracketology graphic, Leonardo Aranda took a simpler approach in…
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Lots of health data released via Health Indicators Warehouse
The government has been making a big push for more open health-related data,…
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Global Android activations mapped and animated
iPhone gets all the glory, but there are plenty of Android phones activated…
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FlowingData is brought to you by…
Big thanks to the FlowingData sponsors. This little blog of mine wouldn’t be…
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Visual evidence that movies are getting worse
Moki takes a page out of the OkCupid social media playbook and analyzes…
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Painting with light to show WiFi networks
WiFi is everywhere, floating and whirling around us somehow, but where is it…
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Best Picture vs. most popular – Oscar statistics
William Briggs and John Briggs examine the differences between movies that have won…
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Life cycle of sad and happy
Along the same lines of the happiness flowchart, this graphic by Moritz Resl…
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True size of Vatican City
We saw the true size of Africa, relative to the world’s largest countries,…
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Million song dataset available for download
Need music data? Get all the data you want and more from the…
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Data visualization meets game design to explore your digital life
The list of one-off applications that visualize your digital life, whether it be…
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Freakonomics is available on Netflix to watch instantly
FYI: Freakonomics, the Movie is available to watch instantly on Netflix right now.…
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Who drinks the most around the world?
What and how much people drink depends a lot on what country you’re…
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America is not the best at everything
Charles M. Blow has a look at some metrics for the International Monetary…
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Every baseball game and play since 1951 on your iPad
If you love baseball and have an iPad, you need Pennant, a project…
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Components of the global water cycle
NASA briefly explains the water cycle:
Water regulates climate, predominately storing heat during… -
A visual guide to eggs
I can’t resist. It’s about food and those chickens are just so cute.…
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History of the dunk contest complete with videos
Here’s something to chew on while you wait for the 2011 slam dunk…