This graphic on Burning Man is totally lost on me, but maybe you…
Nathan Yau
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A graphical look at Burning Man
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My thanks to the FlowingData sponsors. They keep the lights on and keep…
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Discuss: Why collect data about yourself?
Personal data fascinates me. I collect data about myself mostly as a way…
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How to win Rock-paper-scissors every time
I admit it. When I first heard there are actual tournaments for Rock-paper-scissors,…
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Two-minute journey through the history of cinema
35mm, a short film by Sarah Biermann, Torsten Strer, Felix Meyer, and Pascal…
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Ugly chart used to confuse readers
Charles Blow on this unnecessarily complex chart used to show the network of…
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Process: Mapping War Logs for the Guardian
This is a guest post by Alastair Dant, interactive lead at the Guardian.…
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Brief history of data visualization
Shawn Allen of Stamen Design provides a brief history of data visualization, starting…
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Afghanistan war logs revealed and mapped
This past Sunday, well-known whistle-blower site Wikileaks released over 91,000 secret US military…
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Where all the BP oil could end up
Now that the oil flow has finally stopped, for now, the attention has…
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Military budget contextualized with CGI tanks
It’s no secret. The US military gets a lot of funding for manpower,…
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Sorting algorithms visualized
This will be lost on many of you, but to the programmers this…
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Exploration of our aging world
From Ben Fry’s newly established Fathom Information Design, is a visualization for GE…
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Field guide to typographic moustaches
Sure, why not, let’s make it a hairy Friday. From Tor Weeks: a…
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History of The Beatles as told by their hair
The Beatles were famously known for their mop-top haircuts in the early 1960s,…
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7 Basic Rules for Making Charts and Graphs
Charts and graphs have found their way into news, presentations, and comics, with…
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Tardiness solves statistics theorems
Yeah, you read that right. Tardiness makes the world go ’round:
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Global forest heights mapped in detail by NASA
NASA has mapped the world’s forest heights, based on satellite data, for a…
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Investigation of top secret America
In response to the the 9/11 attacks, the United States government created a…
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Citizen’s guide to fancy pants coffee drinks
In the same spirit of the original coffee drink infographic from a few…