Projects

Graphics by Nathan Yau, borne out of everyday curiosities, learning experiments, and mild insomnia.

Back to the Future, Abridged Chart Edition

Back to more important topics, amirite?

Visualizing the Uncertainty in Data

Data is an abstraction, and it's impossible to encapsulate everything it represents in real life. So there is uncertainty. Here are ways to visualize the uncertainty.

12 Days of ChaRt-mas

As everyone has already checked out for the rest of the year, I'm going to mess around with R to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas and nobody can stop me.

Constructed Career Paths from Job Switching Data

Shifting from one occupation to another can take a swing in the career path. Given your current job, what paths could you take? Here are some constructed possibilities.

Switching Jobs

When people move to different jobs, here's where they go.

Percentage of People Who Married, Given Your Age

Or, given your age, the percentage of fish left in the sea. Here's a chart.

4 Tools to Pick Your Chart Colors

These are the quick and simple tools I use to pick colors to represent data.

American Daily Routine

Sleep. Work. Play. The times and everything in between change depending on who you talk to.

Days Without a Mass Shooting

Unfortunately, while of varying magnitude, mass shootings are somewhat regular in the United States.

Falling is Learning

I’ve been teaching my three-year-old son how to ride his bike on two…

Who Earns More Income in American Households?

Compared to 1970, a shift towards women making the higher income.

Most Female and Male Occupations Since 1950

The shifting majorities of the sexes in the workplace.

Occupation Matchmaker

This is who marries whom, based on what one does for a living.

Useless Data Comparisons

Apples and oranges situations where the comparisons make no sense.

How Airbnb Visitors Rate Location in Major US Cities

This is how Airbnb visitors judge location, which provides a view into where city centers begin and end.