Readers: Here is a great dataviz from Tableau Public. It was created by Stephen Wagner and was originally published on Analytics Wagner. Stephen Wagner explores the evolution of Crayola colors, from 1903 until now. Click on a crayon in the “Box of Colors” to learn the name of the color, how long it has been in […]
It’s one of those things that you’ve perhaps never explicitly thought about, but it may have tickled the back of your mind a few times as you make airplane reservations or stare at a departure screen. Where do the three letter codes used to delineate between airports actually come from? What’s the deal with the […]
Tapestry 2015 Keynote – Hannah Fairfield: “Reveal” [Click on image below to watch video] Tapestry 2015 Keynote – Kim Rees: “The Data Documentary” [Click on image below to watch video] Tapestry 2015 Keynote – Michael Austin: “Useful Fictions” [Click on image below to watch video]
The Evolution of Spawn infographic is a fantastic design. Not fan art, this official infographic was designed by Todd McFarlane, Creator of Spawn and Co-Founder and President of Image Comics! From Todd’s Facebook post: THE EVOLUTION OF Spawn!!!!! With Spawn issue #250 coming up at the end of the month…. I thought it would be […]
The Original 1953 Logo When Chevrolet was preparing their new Corvette sports car in the early ’50s, the task of designing the emblem (or logo) fell to Chevy interior designer Robert Bartholomew. Bartholomew’s design (above) featured two crossed flags: One, the checkered flag that symbolized race victory, the other, the American Stars ‘n Stripes. However, […]
Readers: This was something I saw in kdnuggets.com. It is from Dr. Michael L. Brodie (CSAIL, MIT) and was originally published in June 2014. Dr. Brodie discusses the first law of data science, the role of data curation in Big Data analysis, and Thomas Piketty economic theories. This excerpt is from the forthcoming article by […]
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