9 Best Articles in 2022
The Washington Post
Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve”
The Washington Post
7 min read · 2020-03-14
The New York Times
How the Virus Got Out
The New York Times
7 min read · 2020-03-22 · We analyzed the movements of hundreds of millions of people to show why the most extensive travel restrictions to stop an outbreak in human history haven’t been enough.
The Pudding
How Bad Is Your Spotify?
The Pudding
2020-12-22 · Our sophisticated A.I. judges your awful taste in music.
MIT Sloan School of Management
Machine learning, explained
MIT Sloan School of Management
~12 min read · 2021-04-21 · Machine learning is a powerful form of artificial intelligence that is affecting every industry. Here’s what you need to know about its potential and limitations and how it’s being used.
mkorostoff.github.io
Wealth, shown to scale
mkorostoff.github.io
2020-04-28 · Wealth inequality in the United States is out of control. Here we visualize the issue in a unique way.
TNW
Google launches animation tool so you can turn boring data into cool GIFs
TNW
3 min read · From 2017 · Google has launched a new animation tool to help you breathe life into data by turning boring number charts into cool GIF illustrations.
The New Yorker
What Data Can’t Do
The New Yorker
8 min read · 2021-03-22 · When it comes to people—and policy—numbers are both powerful and perilous.
students.brown.edu
Seeing Theory
students.brown.edu
1 min read · From 2017 · A visual introduction to probability and statistics.
The New York Times
How the Virus Won
The New York Times
3 min read · 2020-06-25 · Invisible outbreaks sprang up everywhere. The United States ignored the warning signs. We reconstructed how the epidemic spun out of control.
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1 min read · 2021-12-30 · The year in visual stories, graphics maps and satellite images
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Nathan Yau
4 min read · 2021-12-31 · I looked back and picked my favorite projects for 2021. It was a long year.
Nathan Yau
Spending bill in a treemap box
Nathan Yau
Jan 17th · Margot Sanger-Katz and Alicia Parlapiano for NYT’s The Upshot broke down a Democrat spending proposal. I like the lead-in treemap that shows the proposed components and the box that it needs …
help.alchemer.com
Max Diff Question Type
help.alchemer.com
6 min read · Jan 17th · Using the Max Diff question type (aka maximum difference scaling) respondents are shown a set of the possible attributes and are asked to indicate the best and worst attributes (or most and least…
zuar.com
2022: Is This The Year You Get Data Visualization & Staging Right?
zuar.com
4 min read · Jan 4th · We have all seen the statistics on data migration and issues with data silos, but that does NOT have to define 2022. Data Fragmentation & Complexity Distract From Innovation “Last year’s annual CDO…
Nathan Yau
A Quick and Easy Way to Make Spiral Charts in R
Nathan Yau
3 min read · Jan 10th · Now that we’ve discovered another way to annoy chart snobs, here’s how you can make your own spirals.
filwd.substack.com
Asking the right data questions and asking the data questions right
filwd.substack.com
5 min read · 2021-12-27 · In my last post I lamented the fact that there is too little focus on data thinking in data science and data visualization, and I described how much of a struggle it’s been for me to figure out how to…
