Notes, experiments & earlier work
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Writing and projects from the original site, preserved with their historical context.
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Articles
- Using Complex D3 Layouts2015-09-01
- Complex Data Visualization with D3.js Boot Camp2015-08-26
- Generating palettes the old-fashioned way2015-08-17
- The virtues of a sketchy life2015-08-15
- I Need a Data Consultant2015-08-11
- God Help Me, I Hate d3.scale.category202015-08-02
- Popular Networks2015-06-29
- On data and capta2015-06-13
- Alluvial Charts and Their Discontents2015-06-10
- Alluvial Charts and Their Discontents2015-06-09
- A soft launch2015-06-08
Projects
- Wikipedia Edits During the Arab Spring
- Velocipedia: An animated encyclopedia of verbs and processes
- Topotime
- Species Biodiversity Database Analysis
- ORBIS|via
- ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman Empire (v2)
- ORBIS 2012 (v1)
- An Introduction to Network Analysis and Representation
- Kindred Britain
- A map of OR-7's travels through Oregon and California
- D3 Introspect Community Analysis
- Catalhöyük Living Archive Network
- Humanities Networks Trailer
Essays
- Gestalt Data Visualization Pt. 1: Similarity, Proximity & Enclosure
- Gestalt Data Visualization Pt. 2: Common Fate, Parallelism and Connectedness
- Gestalt Data Visualization Pt. 3: Proximity and Past Experience with Network Visualization
- Gestalt Data Visualization Pt. 4: Figure/Ground and Metastability
- TV Tropes pt. 1: The Weird Geometry of the Internet
- TV Tropes pt. 2: Trope (But Not Troper) Communities
- TV Tropes pt. 3: If you liked Dwarf Fortress, you’ll love Twilight: Breaking Dawn
- TV Tropes pt. 4: The Value of Network Visualization
