Online maps that we use for directions use the Mercator projection, and this…
Nathan Yau
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True size of Africa
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Last week in the forums
In case you’re on the market for a data sciencey type job, there…
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Scrapers dig deep for data on the Web
In their continuation of what online marketers know about you, the Wall Street…
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Evolution of Batman logos
I’m not sure who made the static version above, but here is an…
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Conversation with Obama: track and ask questions on Twitter
President Obama will be answering questions live at a youth town hall today…
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Explanation of current economic slump
Neil Irwin and Alicia Parlapiano of The Washington Post report with this interactive…
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A different analytical wall
In reference to the wall between reporting data and understanding it, Martin Theus…
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How K-12 schools in your area measure up
In collaboration with NBC News and The Gates Foundation, Ben Fry-headed Fathom Design…
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Where refugees come from
Thousands of people flee their country every year, and the travel patterns are…
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OkCupid explores gay and straight stereotypes
Online dating site OkCupid dives into their data for 3.2 million users again,…
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Software evolution storylines
In a follow up to code_swarm, a visualization to show the development of…
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Mobile patent lawsuits
It seems like all the mobile groups are suing each other these days.…
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The simple truth about statistics
Matt Parker explains why no one should be fooled by a misuse of…
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Eating guide for dim sum virgins
This guide on how to order dim sum is missing a lot food…
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Map series of oil spill in Gulf
Everyone’s fascinated with animated graphics, which is cool, but sometimes a series of…
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Gary Wolf on the quantified self
In his five-minute TED talk (below), Gary Wolf describes the quantified self and…
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Fictional map of online communities
xkcd + numbers on online communities. Need I say more? Along the same…
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Typographic maps
Cartography group Axis Maps continues their run of mapping goodness with the announcement…
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Best of FlowingData – September 2010
Another month come and gone, and it was a good one. The FlowingData…
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Make your vote count with VoteEasy
Do you know who you’ll be voting for this year? It can be…