Visualization

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

Understanding Map Projections

“a trade between distortion, accuracy, and aesthetics” [via]…

Visualizing popularity of Yahoo homepage stories

Yahoo is not what it used to be, but many parts of it…

Words used in SOTU and Republican presidential candidates in debates

Jonathan Corum for The New York Times examines word usage by President Barack…

In perspective: One hour of video uploaded to YouTube per second

YouTube surpassed the one hour of video uploaded per second threshold recently. To…

Job growth at the best companies to work for

Nicolas Rapp and Anne Vandermey with a straightforward look at new jobs added…

Geographic connectedness via Twitter locations

Eric Fischer has mastered the art of making use of geotagged things from…

Music listening trends and the news in 2011

Anyone who uses a social music service like Rdio or last.fm has probably…

SOPA opposition surges

ProPublica has been tracking members of Congress who oppose and support SOPA. You…

High resolution biomass map, at management scale

In 2010, NASA released a map that shows world forest heights. Robert Simmon,…

Watching ‘wtf Wikipedia’ as SOPA/PIPA blackout begins

While SOPA and PIPA are no laughing matter (join the strike), the reaction…

Optimized dart throwing and other games

If you play darts just trying to hit the bullseye, you aren’t playing…

Spot visualizes tweet commonalities

Twitter is an organic online location, full of retweets, conversations, and link sharing.…

Find out what percent you are in

Accompanying an article on the variations of the wealthiest one percent, The New…

World subway paths at scale

Urban planner Neil Freeman maps the world’s subway systems to scale in a…

Cinemetrics creates a visual fingerprint for movies

As we saw with movie barcodes, each film has a uniqueness that can…

New Hampshire results trackers

The New Hampshire results trackers are out in full force tonight. Ordered by…

Geometry of pasta

From Pasta by Design by George L. Legendre, it’s exactly what you think…

Pie step comment bubble 3D thing

This graphic by commenting platform DISQUS, arguing that higher quality online discussions come…