Tim Berners-Lee, credited with inventing the Web, says analyzing data is the future…
Nathan Yau
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Data analysis is the future of journalism
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Axes of peeing in public
You might think this is a joke, but this is serious business. From…
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Similarities between PhD dissertations
Certain fields of study tend to cover many of the same topics. Many…
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The United States of Autocomplete
Very Small Array has some fun with Google’s autocomplete. Utah… Jazz. Kentucky… Fried…
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Relationships on the Bold and the Beautiful explained
I don’t get soap operas. People get married, divorced, evil twins show up,…
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Thank you, FlowingData sponsors
My many thanks to the FlowingData sponsors. They keep the lights on and…
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Jon Stewart explains Wikileaks’ Cablegate
You’ve probably already heard and read about Wikileaks’ Cablegate. If not, Andy Baio…
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Advanced visualization without programming – Impure
Programming can be tough in the beginning, which can make advanced visualization beyond…
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Amanda Cox on data graphics and stuff
At New Media Days 2010, New York Times graphics editor Amanda Cox talks…
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Finding Global Agenda Councils who should work together
This past month, the World Economic Forum convened in Dubai to discuss issues…
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Awards from Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Between February 17, 2009 to September 30, 2010, 88,791 awards have been funded…
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The Joy of Stats with Hans Rosling
The Joy of Stats, a one-hour documentary, hosted by none other than the…
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How do people use Firefox?
Mozilla Labs just released a bunch of anonymized browsing data for their open…
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Build your LinkedIn career tree
How did you get to where you are now in your work life?…
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Statistics vs. Stories
Professor of Mathematics at Temple University, John Allen Paulos describes the differences between…
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Happy Turkey Day
Happy Thanksgiving! Eat lots and lots and lots. Rest. Then eat more.…
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Spreadsheet Invasion
Something for you leading into the Thanksgiving weekend. Enjoy this short video (below)…
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How to Make Bubble Charts
Ever since Hans Rosling presented a motion chart to tell his story of the wealth and health of nations, there has been an affinity for proportional bubbles on an x-y axis. This tutorial is for the static version of the motion chart: the bubble chart.
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Girl Talk mashup breakdown visualized
In case you missed it, Girl Talk recently released his fifth album All…
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How Twitter users balanced the budget
In a follow-up to their puzzle to balance the budget, The New York…