Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
Martin Wattenberg On Visualizing Large Textual Data
Martin Wattenberg, one of the creators of Many Eyes, in reply to “Why…
Weekend Minis for Your Lazy Weekend – 7/19/08
BedPost – I put this up earlier for the FlowingData personal visualization project,…
Can You Improve this Mediocre Statistical Graphic?
I’m on my way back home from the workshop Integrating Computing into the…
Is Napoleon’s March the Greatest Statistical Graphic Ever?
I am starting to hear about Charles Minard’s map of Napoleon’s march time…
Browse Your del.icio.us Bookmarks as Thumbnails
I bookmark stuff with del.icio.us almost every day, and it’s become indispensable, because…
Radiohead Music Video by Capturing and Rendering 3D Data
Radiohead’s most recent music video, House of Cards, was made entirely without cameras.…
Mapping Economic Activity for the World
The G-Econ (Geographically-based Economic data) group has worked on making economic data publicly…
Map With All the Common APIs at Once – Mapstraction
For those who want more out of the commonly-used mapping APIs from Google,…
The Girl Effect – Beautiful Use of Animated Typography
The Girl Effect – “the idea that adolescent girls are uniquely capable of…
Infographics Movie: Cost of the War In Iraq
In the time that it takes you to watch this movie, the US…
Hacking the Coffee Maker – Caffeine Viewer
The colmeia group recently installed their Caffeine Viewer project where they hacked their…
Statistical Graphics Conference – Jet Lag Wins. I Lose.
As you might have noticed, I haven’t been live blogging the Data Viz…
Coolest Design Job Ever – Infographics in the Movies
Mark Coleran has hands down one of the best jobs in the world.…
An Experiment in Organic Software Visualization
This organic visualization, code_swarm by Michael Ogawa from UC Davis, has been making…
FlowingData Readers’ Favorite Visualizations
Last month I asked FlowingData readers, “What are your favorite data visualizations in…
What Do People Want to Do With Their Lives?
43 Things is a goal-setting community where people set goals, cheer each other…
How Much Does Gas Cost Where You Live?
With gas prices going crazy high lately, here’s this weekend’s question:
How much…
