Nathan Yau

Thanks for yet another very enjoyable chapter. If I had known statistics would…

I almost never post about projects that aren’t released yet, but the previews…

Women’s clothing sizes have always confused me. My wife always has to try…

R can be confusing when you’re first starting out, especially when you don’t…

Recommendation site Hunch is another one of those applications that knows a ton…

For online publications, it’s useful to know how people share links to articles…

On January 11, 2002 the first detainees arrived at Guantánamo. On January 22,…

Sunlight Foundation displays some key government numbers with Easter candy, because as you…

In the most recent media push for Charity: Water, a video of motion…

Similar discussions going on in the cartography branch among UW Madison geography folks.…

Nice piece from NYT on seeing your life in data:
“There’s going to…

Shopping for a house? Sometimes it can be advantageous to wait a while,…

OkCupid adds another report to their growing list of analyses on relationships. This…

Researchers Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden have found that the iPhone records cell…

When you first come across a Twitter account it can be hard to…

In an op-ed for CNN and perhaps adding fuel to the fire, Martin…

Dorothy Gambrell of very small array charts median Tomatometer ratings of the top…

DisplayCabinet is a clever use of a projected display and RFID tags to…

Business intelligence expert Stephen Few goes on another rant about information graphics —…