Nathan Yau

Getting ready for the big game with chips in one hand and betting ticket in the other.

For your long-awaited Super Bowl weekend, shed some light on the government and don’t forget to backup your data.

Oxford mathematician, Peter Donnelly gives a TED talk on the common mistakes we make when interpreting Statistics.

Achieve international glory with your scientific visualization submission.

I’m quitting graduate school to become a professional sports betting fanatic.

Everybody knows about The New York Times graphics. Here are two people that their hand in a lot of it.

Think lots and lots of happy thoughts.

For relaxing and lazy weekend, have some fun with GPS and a fat list of visualization resources.

Linking of low (and high) SAT scores and favorite books from Facebook.

They all revealed something we otherwise would not have seen. What data has influenced you lately?

Tracking your foot steps with a pedometer just became social.

When you’re given bad information, it’s hard not to feel cheated. Here’s what happened to me.

The Internet giant is set to take on terabytes of scientific data in the very near future.

A very pink map displaying real-time data shows us that maps can be entertaining.

Iraq Body Count keeps track of civilian deaths by cross checking media reports…

You’ve probably already noticed (unless you’re subscribed to the feed), but FlowingData now…

Social data visualization is great, but what if it were coupled with quantitative analysis? Imagine the power.

There’s a nice data visualization 101-type post over at We Make Money Not Art.

This graphic is from The New York Times graphics department. It matches the…

Data360, the online social data application, clearly doesn’t compare against similar sites like Many Eyes and Swivel. Data360 is clunky, difficult to use, confusing, and undeveloped.