Nicholas Felton’s personal annual report on his life is now up. For those…
Nathan Yau
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The 2009 Feltron Annual Report – OCD Made Sexy
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Data Underload #6 – Bed Head
Your hair distribution in the morning, based on how you slept the previous night.
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Dropped Food. Should You Eat it?
Since you’ll be trying every single drink recipe in the engineer’s guide this…
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Engineer’s Guide to Drinks
Seeing as the weekend is just about here, I’m sure many of you…
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How to Make a Heatmap – a Quick and Easy Solution
A heatmap is a literal way of visualizing a table of numbers, where you substitute the numbers with colored cells. This is a quick way to make one in R.
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Data.gov.uk Gearing Up For Launch, er, Does Launch
Update: I had scheduled this post for next week, but apparently, Data.gov.uk launched…
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The Very First Thematic Maps
I’m admittedly not very good with historical precedent, but I think we can…
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Thanks, FlowingData Sponsors
Thank you, sponsors. I wouldn’t be able to do what I do on…
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Crayola Crayon Colors Multiply Like Rabbits
In 1903, Crayola had eight colors in its standard package. Today, there are…
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Data Underload #5 – The Portfolio
Lazy Bob called himself an information designer, but everyone else knew the truth.
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Data Visualization Christmas Ornaments
It’s funny how data is finding it’s way into everyday objects. There was…
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Timescapes to Compare Chopin Recordings
How do you compare music visually? You can break it down into data…
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Data Underload #4 – Little Things
Your age versus how easy it is to amuse you.
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The Geography of Netflix Rentals
Some movies are popular everywhere. Others are popular only in certain regions. The…
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Need to Escape Jupiter’s Gravitational Pull? Good Luck
Randall of xkcd has been having fun with data visualization lately. In his…
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Graphical World Progress Report – A Sneak Peek
FYI: A new edition on the current state of the world is coming…
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11 Ways to Visualize Changes Over Time – A Guide
Deal with data? No doubt you’ve come across the time-based variety. This is a guide to help you figure out what type of visualization to use to see that stuff.
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Even Older Infographics from the 19th Century
Old graphics are awesome. We saw some from the 1930s already. These are…
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A Visual History of Loudness in Popular Music
All Things Considered discusses why music sounds worse than it did a few…
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Data Underload #3 – The Resolution Cycle
Late at night, the new year’s resolution longed for a straight line.