Visualization

Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.

Digital spotlights on landmarks

Think about when you take a picture of something. It’s kind of like…

Maps as kaleidoscope in Rorschmap

Maps aren’t just a way to see directions from point A to point…

How tech companies are interconnected

Sarah Kessler and Nick Sigler examine the interconnectedness between major tech companies. I…

If the world lived in a single city

World population is estimated to be 6.9 billion people, and while that is…

How the deficit got so big

The US continues to rack up more and more debt, with a deficit…

The Vizosphere

There are lots of people on Twitter who talk visualization. Moritz Stefaner had…

All the countries that the US owes money to

In May 2011, the United States owned $14.3 trillion in debt. A lot…

You Are What You Eat

The phrase “you are what you eat” usually refers to health and weight,…

Doo doo

Poop. Doo doo. Crap. Shit. Oddly enough these are the first words of…

Data reenactment via stolen iPhone

Remember when Joshua Koffman was posting pictures of the guy who had this…

iPhone fireflies across the Europen sky

A few months ago there was a lot of hoopla around the iPhone…

News of the World scandal unfolding on Twitter

All kinds of crazy with News of the World went down this past…

Netflix favorites by location

If you have Netflix, you know that there’s a section for local favorites,…

Geography of Wikipedia edits

A while back we saw the history of the world according to Wikipedia.…

Community connections via SMS and phone call data

We often think of communities in the framework of government-set boundaries, but relationships…

Flickr and Twitter mapped together – See Something or Say Something?

For all the maps by Eric Fischer I’ve posted, it’s amazing how little…

Access to education where you live

If you’re a parent, most likely you want your children to go to…

When crime happens in major cities

Does more crime happen during the late hours of the night or in…