Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
Wikipedia as a walkable, virtual museum
Imagine everything on Wikipedia in an infinite museum of galleries. That’s what Maya…
Visualizing all the books in the world
To show a catalog of almost 100 million books in one view, phiresky…
Rail transit and population density
In some cities, a large percentage of the population has access to public…
Estimating the ‘laziness’ of federal workers
Some might have you believe that federal employees don’t put in the work.…
Growing gender gap in ideology
For Financial Times, John Burn-Murdoch shows the gap between men and women in…
Shifts in German election
German voters shifted away from the left in their general election this past…
Natural System of Colours, a recreation of 18th century color wheels
In 1766, Moses Harris published The Natural System of Colours to demonstrate that…
Government revenue and spending diagram
In case you’re wondering about government spending and budgets, USAFacts has a Sankey…
Gulf of wherever you want
Most of the major map providers changed the name. MapQuest had a different…
Charting data that might disappear soon
The administration continues its takedown of data that it doesn’t agree with. To…
Rise and fall and rise again for bitcoin
There was a moment a few years ago when cryptocurrency was mentioned everywhere…
Possible field of vision from the helicopter seat
From the outsider point of view, a path towards collision might seem obvious,…
Golphe du Mexique, 1765
After a gulf rename, I got to browsing some historical maps. Jacques Nicolas…
How time works
Cartoonist Becky Barnicoat illustrates the passing of time over a year. Seems right:…
Try to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget
The “Department of Government Efficiency” wants to cut $2 trillion from the federal…
Gulf of Mexico changes to Gulf of America
The Gulf of Mexico has been renamed to the Gulf of America in…
Leaving out keywords in a halftime show
I missed this one last week, pre-Super Bowl, but for The Washington Post,…
