The Minard System(visionscarto.net) “The Minard System,” a book to be published in November 2018, features “the complete statistical graphics of Charles-Joseph Minard — from the collection of the École nationale des Ponts et Chaussées”.
What Killed Innovation?(shirleywu.studio) I entered the data visualization field in 2012, when D3.js had just come out and interactive graphics were going through a digital Renaissance. By the time I was fully steeped in the field in 2016, it felt like a new, experimental project was coming out every week—each one pushing the boundaries of how we think about, visualize, and communicate data.
Visualising data structures and algorithms through animation(visualgo.net) Initially conceived in 2011 by Associate Professor Steven Halim, VisuAlgo aimed to facilitate a deeper understanding of data structures and algorithms for his students by providing a self-paced, interactive learning platform.
How Rich Is Elon Musk? – Visualization of Extreme Wealth(engaging-data.com) This visualization attempts to represent how much money Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, has. It gives context on this extreme amount of wealth by showing other very large sums of money that are somehow less than his net worth.
The demoralization is just beginning(geohot.github.io) This is a map of primary trading partners, US vs China, and how it has evolved over the last 20 years. Think about it, and realize this probably reflects your experience.
Winners of the $10k ISBN visualization bounty(annas-archive.org) A few months ago we announced a $10,000 bounty to make the best possible visualization of our data showing the ISBN space. We emphasized showing which files we have/haven’t archived already, and we later a dataset describing how many libraries hold ISBNs (a measure of rarity).
Some useful SQL(ite) tips I've learned(jvt.me) I've recently spent some time working towards presenting some of the findings from dependency-management-data at work, which has required writing some fun queries, and then using Google Sheets to better visualise that data.