✚ Real Bits

Welcome to issue #226 of The Process, where we look closer at how the charts get made. I’m Nathan Yau, and I’m thinking about the real bits behind the charts that help you understand the data better and care a little more.

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✚ More Literal, Less Abstract

Welcome to issue #196 of The Process, the newsletter for FlowingData members that looks closer at how the charts get made. I’m Nathan Yau, and this week I want to use visual metaphors to shorten the distance between data and what it represents.

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✚ The Process 114 – Data, the Fuzzy and Fragile Representation of Real Life

As I'm sure you know, it was Election Day on Tuesday here in the United States. I told myself that I wouldn't watch the results roll in, because the record number of mail-in ballots would throw off regular timelines. Of course I broke. Read More