Embroidered daily journaling
Those who keep a daily journal typically record with words, photos, and video. Since 2020, Sophie O’Neill has used embroidery as her medium. She embroiders an icon for each day…
Palisades fire, seen from above
Sentinel-2 satellite of the European Space Agency captured an image of the Palisades fire when it began: One of the wind-driven fires ignited during the morning of January 7, near…
Wind flow patterns over Los Angeles
Based on data from NOAA, the New York Times shows the direction and speed of wind over Los Angeles with an animated map, as of January 8, 2025 at noon….
Radar Trends to Watch: January 2025
Despite its 31 days, December is a short month. It’s hard for announcements and happenings other than office parties to get attention. Fighting this trend, OpenAI made a series of…
cold weather context: graphing lessons from the polar vortex
It’s cold in the United States right now. Really cold. The polar vortex has swept across the lower Midwest and eastern seaboard, leaving tens of millions of people shivering under…
Star Wars galaxy map
I can’t vouch for the accuracy of this Star Wars map, but I appreciate the spirit of visualizing fictional spaces. Tags: fiction, Star Wars Source: Data
Convergence to sameness in the algorithm
As my father-in-law’s Facebook feed would suggest, the “algorithm” has a way of converging hard into your interests and everything starts to look familiar. For NYT Opinion, Kirby Ferguson ponders…
#SWDchallenge: visualize qualitative data
When it comes to data visualization, we generally focus on quantitative data: numbers, trends, and metrics. But qualitative data—text-based insights, open-ended survey responses, and stories—can also be powerful. Qualitative data…
2024.
I haven’t reviewed a year on FlowingData since 2020, which seems like a serious oversight in the system (me). I need to get this annual review out before my boss…