Jim Vallandingham

New experimental project - Create a heatmap of average IMDb ratings for any TV series! Just type in a name and see the ratings for each episode. vallandingham.me/seriesheat

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New project! Mosaic is a framework for scalable and interoperable visualization that unifies visualization toolkits with scalable visualization methods and query optimizations. uwdata.github.io/mosaic/what-is…

Our new website for Observable Plot is live! 🎉 Dozens of new guides, hundreds of examples, instant search, dark mode… Hope you love it! observablehq.com/plot/

@vlandham @SimonTAtkinson Great idea. It was fun trying to replicate this over lunch. (mostly I wanted update data ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ) public.tableau.com/views/SeriesHe…

In the first half of 2022, 551 Kias or Hyundais were stolen in Chicago. In the second half of the year 6,250 were stolen, a 10x increase. A short 🧵 about Kias, Hyundais, TikTok, and what's happening in cities across the US.

I started a company! it's called Latent Interfaces and I see it as a vehicle for exploring latent spaces by building new kinds of data interfaces. I shared my first update on what we're doing in my newsletter: enjalot.substack.com/p/latent-inter…

@rachelbinx Blog posts?! In 2023?! I am hyped for this future! «subscribed»

wrote some thoughts about lunar time blog.rachelbinx.com/2023/01/lunar-…

Ever wondered "Why are trucks so damn big now?" Me too, so I wrote a story about it. Been working with my partners in crime @JoannMuller and @jared_whalen for over a year on this story full of charts, illos, and 3D scrolly trucks. I hope you like it 🛻axios.com/ford-pickup-tr…

Beautiful and insight new viz from @flowingdata - flowingdata.com/2023/01/11/hap… Which confirms my totally new and not made up 'Uncle Paradox' theory: It's more fun to be a great uncle than a good dad.

end-of-year reminder that if you wanna send some physical mail with some minimum effort, consider these postcards?? postcardgifts.com

So, just found out from @veltman that bl.ocks.org, the @observablehq precursor, is no more. I asked the young legend ChatGPT to write a eulogy for the site in the style of a grizzled war vet and...

Just got to say @infowetrust ‘s new books are a work of art. I’m in awe. They will make you fall in love with data viz all over again. I need a series of step by step blog posts on how all this came together.

🚀 Our open beta is live! We are so excited to share what we've been working on! Our collaborative data notebook features: - Python foundation with built-in SQL - no-code visualizations - plug-and-play workflows Create a free account today! noteable.io/blog/announcin…

You see?! We are back for real! Thanks @abmakulec! We could not have a better guest to reboot Data Stories 🙏

just searching for the meaning of life in meaningfulness ratings in time use data, mostly caring for others and things flowingdata.com/2022/09/01/loo…

@SimonTAtkinson A good idea. I’ll have to look at the scripts I made to see how easy that would be. Thanks for the push!

@vlandham Any chance you can update the data on this amazing tool?

New experimental project - Create a heatmap of average IMDb ratings for any TV series! Just type in a name and see the ratings for each episode. vallandingham.me/seriesheat

In "From PHAT to DEADASS," Aishi takes us on a tour of the history of slang in the NYT aishichandra.github.io/Slang_NYT_XWor… It took "mansplain" 7 years to show up!

✨🚆 new project! amtrakexplorer.com I made a site to geographically explore the @Amtrak network. Take a look, and consider rail travel for your next trip! :)

Isochrones 😍 ! This map shows you how far a 5h train ride will take you, departing from any city in Europe. chronotrains-eu.vercel.app Inspired by Direkt Bahn Guru by @juliustens.