Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
Senator John Walsh plagiarism, color-coded →
John Walsh, the U.S. Senator from Montana, is in the news lately for…
Editing photos as if they were audio files →
Masuma Ahuja and Denise Lu for the Washington Post applied a technique called…
Voter approval rates as butt plugs
From a couple of years ago, but still relevant, I think. Matthew Epler…
Misery index based on perceived temperature →
Late last year, Cameron Beccario made a wind map for earth, inspired by…
Spiky betting odds during LeBron James decision →
LeBron James decided to head back to Cleveland, so naturally the odds that…
How much underwear to bring on a trip →
Packing underwear for a short trip is easy. You just pack a pair…
Mosquitos: The deadliest animal
This graphic from the Gates Foundation is from a few months ago, but…
FoamTree: Visualize hierarchical data with a lot of groups
For small-ish amounts of hierarchical data, most JavaScript libraries can handle the load.…
xkcd: Dominant players in chess and basketball →
I’m pretty sure xkcd is the only one who gets away with showing…
Birth year and political leanings →
A statistical model, from Yair Ghitza of Catalist and Andrew Gelman of Columbia…
Whaling in Japan explained →
After a ruling by the United Nations International Court of Justice, Japan was…
Test your geographic knowledge in Google map game
Smarty Pins is a simple, fun map game by Google. You get a…
Filing cabinet follows people around, like a data trail
Jaap de Maat, a graduate student at the Royal College of Art, rigged…
