Nathan Yau

I’m thankful for the opportunity I had to work at Google. I learned…

This graphic from New Scientist shows when certain natural resources will run out…

What exactly is a doer? Feeling much like a segment on Sesame Street,…

There are over 10,000 street vendors in New York City. But how much…

I was going to let this one slide, but people kept commenting, essentially…

This is a guest post by Martin Krzywinski who develops Circos, a GPL-licensed…

As a nation, we gained jobs every month during 2007 compared to the…

It’s good to see PBS is teaching strong values to grow up with…

FlowingData continues to grow at a faster and faster rate each month, and…

It’s time for another segment of Visualize This. For new readers, this is…

This holographic video by Bruce Branit is completely fictional but oh so sexy.…

The Center for Responsive Politics (CRP), a research group well-known for its tracking…

Designers seem to have taken a liking to the idea of showing world…

Elizabeth Currid (USC) and Sarah Williams (Columbia University), collaborate to map the geography…

This network graph shows common contributions between representatives in Congress:
A relationship exists…

Zappos, the online shoe retailer, maps sales across the United States in real-time.…

Information Architects, a design firm with offices in Japan and Zurich, release their…

Sprint’s “now” promotion seems to be in full swing. In line with their…

The number of Web applications to collect data and information about yourself continues…

Daniel Catt from Flickr maps 24 hours worth of geotagged photos (about 64,000…