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FlowingData

Data and visualization blogs worth following

Apr 27, 2012 12:52 am  •  Permalink

About three years ago, I shared 37 data-ish blogs you should know about, but a lot has changed since then. Some blogs are no longer in commission, and lots of new blogs have sprung up (and died).

Today, I went through my feed reader again, and here's what came up. Coincidentally, 37 blogs came up again. I'm subscribed to a lot more than this since I don't unsubscribe to dried up feeds. But this list is restricted to blogs that have updated in the past two months and are at least four months old.

Design and Aesthetics

  • information aesthetics — By Andrew Vande Moere, the first blog I found on visualization five something years ago. Andrew would probably argue that a lot of what he posts isn't visualization though, but a new field.
  • Well-formed data — Another one of the oldies but goodies. The blog of Moritz Stefaner, known for lots of projects around these parts
  • blprnt.blg — Blog of Jer Thorp, who has recently been on a github binge. See also blprnt.tmblr
  • Fathom — Ben Fry-run studio talks about interesting things
  • feltron — Nicholas Felton's tumblr with quick bits of delight
  • Tulp Inspiration — Another tumblr, this one run by Jan Willem Tulp

Statistical and Analytical Visualization

Journalism

General Visualization

  • Neoformix — Features a variety of his projects
  • Datavisualization.ch — Different visualization work, but lately on process of client work
  • Periscopic — Information visualization firm, do good with data
  • vis4 — Gregor Aisch produces a mix of work
  • Chart Porn — Mix of charts and graphs

Maps

  • Stamen — Map-focused design and technology studio, sometimes open source releases
  • Cartastrophe — Daniel Huffman talks good maps
  • Floatingsheep — Geography hodge podge
  • indiemaps — Usually on the how of maps
  • Kelso's Corner — Nathaniel Kelso, staff cartographer at The Washington Post
  • tecznotes — Michal Migurski of Stamen gets into the nitty gritty of online map making
  • The Marauding Carto-nerd — Kenneth Field, research cartographer

Data and Statistics

That's what I read. Your turn.




Members Only: How to Make a Sankey Diagram to Show Flow

Apr 26, 2012 08:10 am  •  Permalink
These tend to be made ad hoc and are usually pieced together manually, which takes a lot of time. Here's a way to lay the framework in R, so you don't have to do all the work yourself.


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