Join Cole as she chats with Nathan Yau, founder of FlowingData and author of Visualize This and Data Points. Nathan shares his journey from grad school at UCLA to becoming a renowned figure in data visualization. They discuss the evolution of his work, the inception of FlowingData, and the impact of his books on the field. Dive deep into the creative process behind visualizing data, the importance of asking questions, and the iterative nature of both data analysis and visualization.
Listening time 51:25 | related links:
Follow Nathan: flowingdata.com | LinkedIn | Twitter
Buy Nathan’s new book! Visualize This, 2nd edition
Book: Exploratory Data Analysis (Tukey)
Interactive visual: How Americans Spend Their Day
Blog post: How You Will Die
Blog post: Ebb and Flow of Box Office Receipts (steam graph)
Online to do list: Remember The Milk