Projects
Graphics by Nathan Yau, borne out of everyday curiosities, learning experiments, and mild insomnia.
A Survival Guide to Starting and Finishing a PhD
Tips on making it through, what I would tell my previous self going in, and advice on taking advantage of the unique opportunity that is graduate school.
Data Points: What it’s like to write a book
As the publication of Data Points nears, I’m excited to hold it in…
Data Points: First look
For the past year, I’ve been working on Data Points: Visualization that Means…
Show Me Something Good
Visualization is a great way to explain and describe data to people who…
Resources for Getting Started with R
R, the open source statistical software environment, is powerful but can be a…
Girls expected to live shorter lives in some counties?
We've seen life expectancy at the country and state levels, but the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation recently released life expectancy data at the county level.
Gender wage gap, how much less women make than men
Three or four articles on the gender wage gap popped up on my radar last week, some focusing on the rise of women as the lead household earner and others on how much less women make. I took a look.
Changing face of plastic surgery
Many people aren’t happy with their face or body, and a proportion of…
Why I Want to Quit Cable
There are good reasons to cancel cable, but there were a few channels and programs that kept me on. When you look at it in dollars though, it's hard to justify the value for the cost.
Where are the biggest box office movies (not) streaming?
After seeing Tristan Louis' list that tallied the streaming availability of 2011's top 100 box office hits, I was curious what it looked like graphically.
Vehicles involved in fatal crashes
After seeing a map in The Guardian, I was curious about what other data was available from the National Highway Traffic Safety Association. It turns out there's a lot.
The Don’ts of Infographic Design
Smashing Magazine offers advice on the dos and don'ts of infographic design, but they forgot to include the former. It's as if I wrote a fake post and someone mistook it for a serious guide.
