07 May 2012 Tools Flash, JavaScript, Processing, R

When I meet with people and talk about our work, I get asked a lot what technology we use to create interactive and dynamic data visualizations. To help you get started, we have put together a selection of the tools we use the most and that we enjoy working with. Read more
22 Mar 2012 Tools JavaScript, Mapping

I just left the Stamen studio where I had a brief chat with founder and CEO Eric Rodenbeck. He enthusiastically showed me their newest work: maps.stamen.com. Read more
14 Feb 2012 Showcases D3, Financial, JavaScript

Shan Carter's latest interactive for The New York Times offers four ways to slice Obama's 2013 federal budget proposal. Read more
30 Jan 2012 Opinions OpenData

Open Knowledge Foundation is an important promoter of open knowledge, data and content. I think it's time to show some appreciation by highlighting some of their initiatives. Read more
17 Jan 2012 Showcases Gephi, Network, Processing

Berlin based designer and programmer Christopher Warnow had a closer look at the interest graph between people reading the same books. Read more
13 Dec 2011 Events Conference, Festival

Another big event in 2012 has just been announced: Resonate New Media Festival combines talks, workshops, panel discussions by concerts, DJ sets and performances with some of the leading digital artists. Read more
09 Dec 2011 Opinions Book, Review

Here's how a rookie experienced his first introduction to visualization from Julie Steele and Noah Iliinsky's new book Designing Data Visualizations. What he learned and how this helps him to move forward. Read more
05 Dec 2011 Events Hackathon, Visualizing.org

Students from the greater Berlin area gathered together last Saturday well prepared to design and code away for the coming 24 hours. Let's have a look back what went down. Read more
03 Nov 2011 Notes Interview

I am super hyped to introduce our pet project of this summer, called Substratum. It's a series of inspirational interviews with some of today’s most influential designers and artists. 10 questions per interview, 2 interviews per issue, 1 issue per week until Christmas! Read more
26 Oct 2011 Showcases Process, Processing, Tutorial

Jer Thorp, Data Artist in Residence at the New York Times and creative coder extraordinaire, explains the process behind his latest piece for Popular Science. Read more
16 Sep 2011 Events Conference, Video

In case you don't have the luck to be in New York around this time, but want to get a glimpse at what's happening at the Strata Conference listen up: O'Reilly kindly provides live broadcasts from keynotes, talks and workshops. Read more
06 Sep 2011 Showcases Timeline, Twitter

The Guardian let you follow the spread of the recent riots in England on an interactive timeline that shows the most important incidents and how they spread over the different neighborhoods. Read more