Chinese names lost in translation
Liuhuaying Yang aims to clarify the names and sounds that get lost when translating language that relies on tones to spellings that do not capture the differences: This project explores…
Tsunami alert, because earthquake off coast of Northern California
The folks up here received one of those loud emergency alerts a few minutes ago — for a “TSUNAMI WARNING.” I think that’s a first for me. There was a…
✚ Claude Review: Experimenting with an AI Assistant in the Visualization Workflow
Hey, Nathan Yau here. I’m human. Really. This is the Process, the newsletter for FlowingData members where we talk shop about data work and making charts that rock your socks…
When internet cables break under the sea
The network that connects the world still relies on surprisingly thin wires that run miles down on the ocean floor. Sometimes those wires break. For The New York Times, James…
Generalizing the design of data products
Having got an initial data product, Kiran Prakash leads us through the next steps: covering similar uses cases to generalize the data product, determining which domains the products fit into,…
Your name shaped under a trend line
Add another graphic to the baby name genre of visualization. Karim Douïeb put a spin on name trends by shaping the actual name to the line. Enter your name and…
Designing data products: Working backwards from use cases
Increasingly the industry is seeing the value of creating data products as a core organizing principle for analytic data. Kiran Prakash has helped many clients design their data products, and…
Radar Trends to Watch: December 2024
It’s the end of the year for Radar! We hope all of our readers enjoy the holidays. Here’s one prediction for 2025: Is this the end of the road for…
On-premises data gateway November 2024 release
This is the November 2024 release of the on-premises data gateway. Source: PowerBI