A few months back, the Caltrans Performance Measurement System (PeMS) opened up a…
Nathan Yau
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Data Underload #8 – Unsolicited
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Weekend Fodder
Here are some links and stuff to chew on as you wait for…
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Undergraduate Summer Program for Statistics
If you’re an undergraduate with an interest in data and statistics, you should…
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Excessively Labeled Airplane Tells You Where the Big Cheese Sits
In case the in-flight pamphlet isn’t enough for you, everything on this Kulula…
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Data.gov.uk versus Data.gov – Which wins?
Back in May last year, the US government launched Data.gov as a statement…
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Status Update for the World Progress Report
Just a quick update for those who ordered the World Progress Report. It’s…
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Future of Employment in the Decade Ahead
NPR shows projected employment changes from 2008 to 2018. Large circles represent major…
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The Most Efficient Way to Type
Are you using the most efficient typing technique or are your fingers jumping…
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Obama’s Budget Proposal and Incorrect Forecasts
President Obama announced his 2011 budget proposal. How does it compare to last…
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Data Underload #7 – No Worries
Your age versus how much you worry.
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Flickr Group Treats – January 2010
I started the FlowingData Flickr group a little while ago, but didn’t come…
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Save pens. Use Garamond font
Designers Matt Robinson and Tom Wrigglesworth looked at ink usage of some commonly-used…
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Beatles Music in Infographics
I’m sure a lot of you love The Beatles. I’m not a huge…
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What day is it? It’s Data Privacy Day!
Today is Data Privacy Day 2010, apparently. Was there a Data Privacy Day…
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Understanding risk – play it safe or eat a bacon sandwich?
David Spiegelhalter is a Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge…
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The 2009 Feltron Annual Report – OCD Made Sexy
Nicholas Felton’s personal annual report on his life is now up. For those…
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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.