Audrey Watters
Audrey Watters is a technology writer and rabble-rouser with a Master's Degree in Folklore. She was working on a PhD in Comparative Literature, but chose instead to write about data, culture, education and technology outside of academia rather than finish her dissertation. Audrey has written for ReadWriteWeb, Huffington Post, and NPR.
Visualization of the Week: Visualizing the Strata Conference
The Information Lab visualizes the Strata Conference's attendees.
This week's visualization comes from The Information Lab and shows who was at the Strata Conference, how far they traveled, and the data their companies produce.
Strata Week: Datasift lets you mine two years of Twitter data
Datasift offers more access to the Twitter archive, and a proposal for a data school.
In this week's data news, Datasift will offer deeper access to old tweets, P2PU and the Open Knowledge Foundation announce a School of Data.
Visualization of the Week: Anachronistic language in "Downton Abbey"
A look at the historical accuracy of "Downton Abbey's" language.
Ben Schmidt ran the script of the "Downton Abbey" season two finale through Google Ngrams to see how the show's language matches up with history.
Visualization of the Week: Anachronistic language in “Downton Abbey”
A look at the historical accuracy of "Downton Abbey's" language.
Ben Schmidt ran the script of the "Downton Abbey" season two finale through Google Ngrams to see how the show's language matches up with history.
Strata Week: Infochimps makes a platform play
Infochimps opens up a data platform, de-anonymization via writing style, data for the public good.
Infochimps adds a platform-as-a-service product, researchers show how writing style can identify specific people, and a new report looks at how data can help governments and citizens.
Everyone has a big data problem
MetaLayer's Jonathan Gosier on data tools and the data divide.
MetaLayer's Jonathan Gosier talks about the need to democratize data tools because everyone has a big data problem.
Visualization of the Week: Four ways to look at Obama's 2013 Budget
The New York Times visualizes Obama's proposed budget.
A New York Times visualization offers a compelling alternative to wading through pages of President Obama's 2013 budget.
Visualization of the Week: Four ways to look at Obama’s 2013 Budget
The New York Times visualizes Obama's proposed budget.
A New York Times visualization offers a compelling alternative to wading through pages of President Obama's 2013 budget.
Strata Week: The data behind Yahoo's front page
A new look at Yahoo's traffic, the challenge of scaling Tumblr, and a host of visualization guidelines.
In this week's data news: Yahoo visualizes its front page traffic and demographics, why Tumblr is tougher to scale than Twitter, and a look at what you need to consider as you build visualizations.
Visualization of the Week: Chasing storm chasers
A visualization tracks the people who track big storms.
This week's visualization comes from Tim Dye, who has mapped the routes of storm chasers alongside the weather patterns they pursue.