Nathan Yau

In case you missed them or are new to FD, here are the top posts from the last month, based on a combination of views and comments. The Walmart map came back to life recently with new data and a feature on CNNMoney.

There are a lot of job opportunities out there for visualization people. This…

Along the same lines of Dolores Labs’ color experiment, Randall Munroe of xkcd…

SolarBeat is an audiolization by Whitevinyl that makes music with the planets. Each…

Gary Wolf, of Wired and The Quantified Self, describes personal data collection and…

Just a quick note. Sunlight Labs’ Design for America contest is coming up…

Death and Taxes: 2011 poster – Jess’ annual look at government spending has…

Stupid Fight compares fans on Twitter using “stupid indicators” like “OMG” and number…

Some colors represent different things in different parts of the world, while others…

In much of the same spirit of the recent Cartographies of Time, the…

Because you can never get enough Twitter visualizations, Jason Stirman takes a look…

Here we have a case of worthwhile data and an interesting story about…

There is no way to think up an original and extraordinary design—it can…

Almost a year and a half ago, Infochimps, the data repository slash marketplace,…

It’s finally here. Indiemapper brings easy and flexible thematic mapping online. I’ve been…

In reference to the above, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, leader of the American…

Stephen Von Worley’s Weather Sealed is one of my new favorites. In his…

Air traffic has returned to normal levels in northern Europe, and planes fill…

Add another piece to the ever-growing list of Twitter visualizations. What makes Moritz…