Apps

Color scheme selections are nice and all, but they’re even better when viewed…

Datawrapper, a focused web tool that makes online charts easier to put together…

A few years ago, The New York Times asked readers to guess a…

FastCharts is the public version of the Financial Times’ in-house solution for making…

TwoTone, by Datavized and supported by the Google News Initiative, is a straightforward…

Picular is a simple tool that lets you search for a topic, and…

Map-making is a tricky business with many variables to consider that can directly…

The colors you choose to visualize data can completely shift what you convey…

Picking colors is one my favorite things to do with visualization when I’m…

When you first get a CSV file, sometimes it’s useful to poke at…

Some say annotation is the most important layer for charts meant for public…

Default color schemes are often horrible, but spending a lot of time putting…

Map making is a finicky challenge where oftentimes your map data — points,…

A challenge of using geographic maps to show data is that larger regions…

Sometimes you need a color scheme quick, and ColorBrewer is typically the de…

Terrapattern is a fun prototype that lets you search satellite imagery simply by…

Last year Quartz announced Atlas, which was a place to find all of…

Government data is, shall we say, not the easiest to use and look…

Data can be intimidating and confusing for beginners, and as a result they…

We tend to think of life in terms of cause and effect. Do…