Talkin’ about my generation
If you’re looking for up-to-the-minute stats on UK energy production and usage, Kate Rose Morley’s got your back. Her National Grid: Live Status does exactly what it says on the Continue Reading
Florida Man gets data scienceing
If you want to live somewhere warm AND study data science, Miami University has something just for you: the legit-sounding Miami Institute for Data Science and Computing. It’s got the Continue Reading
Mike Bloomberg got stack yo
“Michael Bloomberg is rich. Really, really rich,” states Mother Jones. But visualising his $62.8 billion is tricky, because it’s just so damned much. This Nintendo-styled data viz compares to Pete Continue Reading
It’s data breach week!
It’s data breach week! Or at least, it might as well be, because the last seven days has been a torrent of bad cybersecurity news. Our main point of interest Continue Reading
The speed of money
We all know that the pay-gap between your average Fortune 500 CEO and a teacher is vast, but how would you visualise it? Neal Agarwal has done a pretty good Continue Reading
So you wanna be a data visualiser? Learn it from a book.
So many books, so little time. And money. And attention span. But if you’ve got some or all of those spare, data vizzer JP Hwang has an awesome reading list Continue Reading
Spotify killed the radio host
Song-streaming goliath Spotify got into the podcatcher business relatively late in the game, but is proving itself a force to be reckoned with. That may be an issue for media Continue Reading
The infernal machine
The tragedy of modern journalism is that so much effort often goes to waste. All writers know that all-too-often the story they have slaved over, crafted, cared for and meticulously Continue Reading
Gambling with your naked data
Open Data Day is just around the corner, but some folks just can’t wait to join in the fun. News in this week from our “Massive Data Breach” desk includes Continue Reading
The driver’s paradox
It’s too late to avoid the Lyft event horizon