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Data Underload #19: First Date vs. Reality TV First Date
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Trustworthiness of beards
Matt McInerney of pixelspread describes the trustworthiness of the people behind their facial…
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R is an ‘epic fail’ – or how to make statisticians mad
Statisticians are mad and out for blood. Someone called R an epic fail…
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A guide to geostatistical mapping with open-source tools
Mapping with R and other free and open-source programs feels clunky and hacked-together…
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Local neighborhood infographics
Good Mag put on an infographic contest not too long ago that asked…
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A flowchart to decide what typeface to use
A typeface can make or break your graphic. Use Comic Sans, and no…
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World data released ‘is a dream come true’
In another step towards open data and all that jazz, the World Bank…
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Clothing color palette
Jacobo Zanella makes a color palette every day, based on the clothes he’s…
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Cartographies of Time: A History of the Timeline
I don’t often give in to impulse buys, but I just ordered Cartographies…
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Gay marriage timeline
The Los Angeles Times reports on the chronology of gay rights in the…
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Data Underload #18 – Sleep Schedule
According to WebMD, for 1- to 4-week-olds: “Since newborns do not yet have…
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The Ash Cloud and Airport Shutdowns
In case you’re following the craziness going on over Europe due to that…
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FlowingData is brought to you by…
A big thank you to FlowingData sponsors who help keep the lights on…
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Friday, I’m in love…
Shirt available on Threadless. I seriously need some infographic tees. Too bad the…
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Explorations of real-world traffic
We don’t often get to see how cars, trains, airplanes, etc move in physical space, because, well, we’re usually in them.
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TransparencyData makes campaign finance data easier to access
Anyone who’s looked at campaign finance data knows it can get messy really…
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Crowdsourcing Johnny Cash
Aaron Koblin (along with Chris Milk) is up to his crowdsourcing mischief again.…
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Twitter predicts the future?
A recent study [pdf] by Sitaram Asur and Bernardo A. Huberman at HP…
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Data visualization tutorial in Processing
If you absolutely refuse to touch any code, I suggest Many Eyes or…
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Data Underload #17: Famous Movie Quotes, p. 2
Carpe diem. Seize the data, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.…