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Nathan Yau

@flowingdata

Chartmaster 3000

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Joined March 2008
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Visualization Tools and Resources, October 2025 Roundup flowingdata.com/2025/10/30/p…
Visualization Tools and Resources, October 2025 Roundup

Visualization Tools and Resources, October 2025 Roundup

This is the good stuff for October.

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Visualization Tools, Datasets, and Learning Resources – September 2025 Roundup flowingdata.com/2025/09/25/p…
Visualization Tools, Datasets, and Learning Resources – September 2025 Roundup

Visualization Tools, Datasets, and Learning Resources – September 2025 Roundup

Here are tools you can use, datasets to poke at, and resources to learn from.

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Staying cautiously pessimistic flowingdata.com/2025/07/24/p…
Visualization and the machine

Visualization and the machine

I am sorry in advance, but I have to talk through something you are probably tired of hearing about: AI. For data visualization.

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Visualization tools, datasets, and learning resources for June flowingdata.com/2025/06/26/p…
Visualization Tools and Learning Resources, June 2025 Roundup

Visualization Tools and Learning Resources, June 2025 Roundup

This is the good stuff for June: tools to use, datasets to analyze, and resources to learn from.

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Comparing multiples flowingdata.com/2025/06/12/c…
Comparing multiples

Comparing multiples

This week we make it easier to compare multiple charts when differences are small but significant.

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The good stuff for May flowingdata.com/2025/05/29/p…
Visualization Tools and Resources, May 2025 Roundup

Visualization Tools and Resources, May 2025 Roundup

The good stuff from May: tools you can use, data to play with, and resources to learn from.

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Conflicting points of view over the same data flowingdata.com/2025/05/22/p…
Conflicting points of view over the same data

Conflicting points of view over the same data

This week we look at how the same data can easily lead to different conclusions that can all be correct, even when they conflict.

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When the data is not what it seems flowingdata.com/2025/05/08/p…
When the data is not what it seems

When the data is not what it seems

Look for outside reasons, or confounding factors, for why things show up in the data.

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Finding the Right Charts flowingdata.com/2025/05/01/p…
Finding the Right Charts

Finding the Right Charts

Chart selection can be a mechanical process that fits into a simple flow chart, but this limits your possibilities.

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The good stuff from April: Here are tools you can use, data to play with, and resources to learn from. flowingdata.com/2025/04/24/p…
Visualization Tools, Datasets, and Resources – April 2025 Roundup

Visualization Tools, Datasets, and Resources – April 2025 Roundup

The good stuff from April: Here are tools you can use, data to play with, and resources to learn from.

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Visualization Tools and Resources, January 2025 Roundup flowingdata.com/2025/01/30/v…
Visualization Tools and Resources, January 2025 Roundup

Visualization Tools and Resources, January 2025 Roundup

Here are things you can use, poke at, and learn from that bubbled up this past month.

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Visualization Tools and Learning Resources, October 2024 Roundup flowingdata.com/2024/10/31/p…
Visualization Tools and Learning Resources, October 2024 Roundup

Visualization Tools and Learning Resources, October 2024 Roundup

Here is the good stuff for October.

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Nathan Yau retweeted
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IPUMS@ipums24 Oct 2024
We're hiring! We're looking for a Data Analyst for our IPUMS US Microdata team - the group that helps power IPUMS USA, CPS, Health Surveys, and Time Use. We are hiring at both Data Analyst Levels 1 and 2. Please apply or share with your networks! ipums.org/about/jobs
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Stats are for winners. flowingdata.com/2024/10/17/p…
Stats Are for Losers

Stats Are for Losers

This week, I heard that stats are for losers. I had to check it out, because I’ve always thought stats were for winners.

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NWS Miami
@NWSMiami10 Oct 2024
Major Hurricane Milton has officially made landfall near Siesta Key, FL at 8:30 PM EDT. nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MI…
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✚ Communicating Probability and Odds to People flowingdata.com/2024/10/03/p…
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✚ Visualization Tools, Datasets, and Resources – September 2024 Roundup flowingdata.com/2024/09/26/p…
Visualization Tools, Datasets, and Resources – September 2024 Roundup

Visualization Tools, Datasets, and Resources – September 2024 Roundup

Here’s the good stuff for September 2024.

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Shipping now if you order direct from me at natureofcode.com/ (25% off with code CHOOCHOO).

Nature of Code

Simulating Natural Systems with JavaScript

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i like the color pink
Close up on the very pink cover of Nature of Code book

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nature of code book open to chapter 3

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nature of code book on a white background

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The best NBA Players at the Olympics through the years, shown by the countries they represented.
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Ben Rubin@earstudio19 Jul 2024
Last days to see Moveable Type! The installation will end its 17-year run next Friday, July 26, at 6pm. Until then, access is free and open to the public 8am to 6pm, Monday-Friday in the lobby of the New York Times building, 620 8th Avenue. #nytimes @cocteau @nytimesarts @nytopinion #moveabletypenyt
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