Nathan Yau

Ben Fry on visualization future and data literacy

News / Ben Fry, interview, O'Reilly, Where 2.0

Ben Fry, co-creator of Processing and head of Fathom Design, talks data visualization…
Art reproduction incongruencies

Data Art / art, mosaic, reproductions, Viegas, Wattenberg

When you think art reproduction, you probably think of something that looks almost…
A century of deaths and a lot of fake blood

Data Art / blood, deaths

Rather than bars, bubbles, and dots, Clara Kayser-Bril, Nicolas Kayser-Bril, and Marion Kotlarski…
How to map connections with great circles

Tutorials / airlines, arcs, R

There are various ways to visualize connections, but one of the most intuitive and straightforward ways is to actually connect entities or objects with lines. And when it comes to geographic connections, great circles are a nice way to do this.
Ben Cerveny talks Planetary and where they go next

News / Ben Cerveny, Bloom, Planetary

Planetary, the iPad app for music exploration by Bloom, has hit the ground…
Flash vs. HTML5

Infographics / flash, HTML5, Periscopic

Design firm Periscopic takes a look at the Flash versus HTML5 debate and…
Global search volume by language

Maps / globe, Google, interactive, search

To show off their new toy that is WebGL, a 3D graphics API…
Stats of the Union tells health stories in America

Maps / Fathom, health, iPad

Stats of the Union, the new Fathom-produced iPad app, maps the status of…
Where the water resources are and where they go

Data Art / animation, consumption, environment, resources, water

Designer David Wicks compares rainfall against water consumption in his thesis project Drawing…
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One man’s travel patterns – Atlas of the Habitual

Maps, Self-surveillance / GPS, tracking, travels

FInding himself in a new town, with a new job, Tim Clark started…
Friday freebies: Comment to win a copy of R Cookbook – winners announced

Contests / book, chicken dinner, O'Reilly, quicklink

Want a free copy of R Cookbook by Paul Teetor? You’re in luck,…
Correlating dog

Miscellaneous / correlation, Doghouse, humor

From the Doghouse Diaries. Smart dog. My cat on the other hand, still…
Geographic breakdown: Where do major airlines fly?

Projects / airlines, flights

Ever since seeing the Facebook friendship map and later, the map of scientific…
Reactions to the death of a terrorist

Statistical Visualization / grid, interactive, NYT, Osama Bin Laden

On the announcement of Osama Bin Laden’s death, there was a mixed reaction…
Oil spill amounts in perspective

Infographics / motion, oil, spill

On the one-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, designer Chris Harmon…
Science as metaphor

News / academic, art, metaphor, quicklink, science

In this article from Science from July 1998, award-winning journalist John Banville on…
Perceived vs. actual country rankings

Infographics / interactive, Lisa Strausfield, rankings, world

Lisa Strausfeld, in collaboration with GE, compares perceived country rankings and actual ones.…
Tweets per second during Bin Laden announcement

Statistical Visualization / Bin Laden, Twitter

As I listened to my young neighbors run around the parking lot chanting,…
Best of FlowingData – April 2011

Best of FlowingData

I can’t believe it’s already May. This year is whizzing by. During these…

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