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ITNEXT
The secret of successfully using multi window WebGL Canvas
ITNEXT
10 min read · Sep 7th · Rendering a Canvas node with a WebGL content and moving it into different windows without reloading dependencies like D3, keeping the… · Shared by 74
Data Visualization Society
Insights Of Their Own: Visualizing Women’s Baseball
Data Visualization Society
8 min read · Sep 7th · Baseball is the “national pastime” in the United States, even as it draws players and fans from all over the world. With few exceptions, it has been a men-only sport. While coaches like Alyssa Nakken… · Shared by 13, including Esther Schindler
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Datawrapper
Which fonts to use for your charts and tables
Datawrapper
20+ min read · Sep 12th · Sans-serif or serif typefaces? Lining or oldstyle figures? Narrow or wide? With lots of examples, we explain which fonts work best for data visualizations. · Shared by 209, including Mirko Lorenz, Stef Walter, Mark Kaigwa, Lisa Charlotte Muth, Nathan Yau
Fatherly
This Map Shockingly Divides The U.S. Up Into Five Different Favorite Kids' Movies
Fatherly
1 min read · Sep 10th · A new map shows how shockingly dividing the U.S is when it comes to which kid movie is the favorite. Here's what you need to know and why its really weird. · Shared by 135
Data Visualization Society
How to Visualize a Graph with a Million Nodes
Data Visualization Society
7 min read · Aug 23rd · Large-scale graph visualizations are tricky. The more nodes and edges you have in your network, the more difficult it is to compute the layout for it. Graph layout defines where on a canvas the nodes… · Shared by 121, including Cyril Coste #DigitalTransformation, Nadieh Bremer
ITNEXT
The secret of successfully using multi window WebGL Canvas
ITNEXT
10 min read · Sep 7th · Rendering a Canvas node with a WebGL content and moving it into different windows without reloading dependencies like D3, keeping the… · Shared by 74
Nieman Lab
Not a revolution (yet): Data journalism hasn’t changed that much in 4 years, a new paper finds
Nieman Lab
3 min read · Sep 10th · Shared by 62, including Martin Stabe
dothemath.ucsd.edu
aella.substack.com
Our Collective Synesthesia, In Graphs
aella.substack.com
6 min read · Sep 1st · the most common colors for numbers, months, and weeks · Shared by 44
tone-row.com
A CSS-Inspired Syntax for Flowcharts
tone-row.com
5 min read · Aug 29th · Improving the flowchart fun language · Shared by 42
Datawrapper
Is the FIFA World Cup good or bad for the host nation’s economy?
Datawrapper
3 min read · Sep 8th · With the World Cup coming up in November of this year, let's ask: What's the economic impact of the event for the host nation? And is the GDP a good metric to find out? · Shared by 34
Datawrapper
How long do animals sleep?
Datawrapper
2 min read · Aug 25th · I knew that bats were nocturnal, but what I didn’t know was that they spend the majority of their time sleeping. · Shared by 29, including Gisele Navarro
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The Washington Post
Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve”
The Washington Post
7 min read · From 2020 · Shared by 1344, including Steve Case, Vala Afshar, Hiroko Tabuchi, Brad Frost, Prof Michael E. Mann, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Rami Ismail (رامي), Mike Quindazzi ✨, Henry Reich, Atul Gawande, Laura Shin, David Meerman Scott, George J Huba PhD, Jameson Lopp, FANZO 🧢 #NFT365, Jeff Atwood, Tristan Harris, hiten.eth, Anil, Ryan Hoover
The New York Times
How the Virus Got Out
The New York Times
7 min read · From 2020 · 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. · Shared by 953, including Aral Balkan, Eric Topol, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, hardmaru, Carl Zimmer, Matt Goodwin, Stefan Ottlitz, Renee DiResta, Niall Ferguson, Christopher Mims 🤌, Johnny Harris, Jon Matonis, Mathew Ingram, Manu Kumar (recruiting @HiHello 🚀), Azeem Azhar, @salesforce #DF22 R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A, Carla Gentry, Kevin Roose, Chris Fralic
The Pudding
How Bad Is Your Spotify?
The Pudding
2020-12-22 · Our sophisticated A.I. judges your awful taste in music. · Shared by 783, including Matt Daniels, Jane Manchun Wong, Ash Furrow, Frederik Vanhoutte - Winterbloed, Chris Messina, Anna Grigoryan, Stuart A. Thompson, Cliff Bleszinski, Chris Isak , Dirk von Gehlen, Dr. Alec Couros, Meltem Demirors, Warren Whitlock, Biz Carson, Sam Soffes, Walter Hickey, Artnome, feilding cage, Kelsey D. Atherton, Rami Ismail (رامي)
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. · Shared by 740, including Andreas Staub, Garde Lecumberri, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Terence Mills, Jim Marous 💯, Azeem Azhar, Helen Yu, AI, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Carla Gentry, Iain Brown, PhD, MIT CSAIL, Chris Gledhill | gledhill.eth, Bob E. Hayes, Nige Willson, Rob Tiffany #IoT #DigitalTwins, @salesforce #DF22 R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Ronald van Loon, Dr. Ganapathi Pulipaka 🇺🇸
Observable
A Very, Very Tiny Grammar of Graphics
Observable
Jun 14th · If you've ever wondered how frameworks like Observable Plot, ggplot2, or Vega-Lite work, you've come to the right place! I was wondering the same thing, so I looked at a bunch of implementations, read a bunch of papers, and this is what I came up with. Below, you'll find a walkthrough of the Grammar of Graphics and how you might implement data viz framework based on it. My implementation most closely follows Observable Plot's. First, some dataset imports The Grammar of Graphics (GoG) is a language for defin · Shared by 723, including Michael Robinson
mkorostoff.github.io
Wealth, shown to scale
mkorostoff.github.io
From 2020 · Wealth inequality in the United States is out of control. Here we visualize the issue in a unique way. · Shared by 600, including Eli Pariser 🏞📲, Audrey Watters, Julie Zhuo, Tommy Walker, Avinash Kaushik, Guy Longworth, Jill E Duffy, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, ✕✕✕✕✕, Lynne Murphy, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA #AI Next up: O'Reilly webin, Peter Steinberger, Ellen Shapiro, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Kelsey D. Atherton, Eric Holthaus, jesse squires 🏴, Scott Santens, Jeff Atwood, Robert Lepenies
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. · Shared by 573, including Thomas Power, Luca Hammer, Liza Sperling, fernand0, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Moritz Meenen, Shanna Peeples she/her 🏳️🌈, Balthasar Glättli🌻 🕊, Matt Navarra, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Hugo Londoño, Johannes Lenz, Katja Evertz, Helmi, Stephanie A Kowalski, Tris Hussey, Mark Kaigwa, Rand Fishkin, Kris Fannin, Andreas Von Gunten
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. · Shared by 572, including 👨🏻💻☕️, Satya Patel, David Smith, Ronald van Loon, Nige Willson, Aleksandra Wisniewska, Chris Moran, Michael Seemann, Tim Harford, Mike Tamir, PhD, Bob E. Hayes, Abeba Birhane, Kyle Bunch, Marie-José Kolly, Kevin Marks, Eric Topol, Mirko Lorenz, Brian Ahier, Helen De Cruz, Tactical Tech
opendatascience.com
12 Excellent Datasets for Data Visualization in 2022
opendatascience.com
4 min read · Jul 5th · Data visualization requires quality data just as much as any other project. Finding data visualization datasets can be frustrating, but these datasets offer excellent resources to support… · Shared by 570, including Kirk Borne, Katja Evertz, Stephanie A Kowalski
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