i ❤ data – All stories

Greg StoddardPublished on Feb 2613 min read

Let’s not be Hypocrites

My response to the Uber “Dead Miles” Argument

Gilad LotanPublished on Feb 104 min read

Apple’s App Charts: 2015 Data and Trends

…or how much harder it is to get into the top charts

Gilad LotanPublished on Dec 31, 201510 min read

Paris and Beirut: Data suggest how Social Media shapes the Coverage

There is a strife brewing between people who claim vital stories are being overlooked by the media vs. those in media with the prerogative…

Suman Deb RoyPublished on Nov 20, 20158 min read

Pressing Concerns

Did evolutionary rules shape the Reddit Button ecosystem

Suman Deb RoyPublished on Jun 24, 201513 min read

Driving Trending Topics Home

The local influence in what becomes global news

Suman Deb RoyPublished on Apr 28, 20158 min read

#FreddieGray — is not trending on Twitter?

Last night, someone forwarded the following tweet to me:

Gilad LotanPublished on Apr 24, 20152 min read

I’ve Had My Startup(s) On Product Hunt 3 Times

Here’s Some Data.

Greg MuenderPublished on Mar 17, 20153 min read

Netanyahu’s Speech Explained in Charts

Iran and nuclear program are trendy now, while peace and democracy are so two-thousand-and-late.

Tarek AmrPublished on Mar 8, 20153 min read

Reviewing My Facebook Year in Review: Algorithmic Curation, Trace Data, and Values in Design

It’s been a year! Thanks for curating a part of it…

Alex LeavittPublished on Dec 31, 20148 min read

Hacking Hacker News

Thirty posts worth of data including optimum title lengths, link destinations, and best day of the week.

Greg MuenderPublished on Dec 29, 20146 min read

Reflection

or API ALL THE THINGS

Karl WardPublished on Dec 17, 201411 min read

Music Records

For the last 8 years, I have been collecting records of every song I listened to, whether it was on a (now so precious) iPod, my personal…

Salem Al-MansooriPublished on Dec 16, 20146 min read

Understanding the Common Core Debate Using Twitter Data

The Common Core State Standards are a topic of heated debate, but what is the debate really about — politics, ideology, or education? What…

Aankit PatelPublished on Dec 15, 20148 min read

Visualizing our National Parks

How do we visit the parks?

John FarrellPublished on Dec 12, 20144 min read

Relationships between Youth Crimes, Stress, Depression and College Scholastic Ability Tests.

Using open governmental data from Seoul, Korea.

Karam ByunPublished on Dec 8, 201413 min read

Finding patterns in protests

With information about organised protests spreading like fire using social media, the awareness and the speed at which the information…

Adarsh KosuruPublished on Dec 7, 20146 min read

Towards a Homeostasis of Continuous

International Political Tele-Conferencing

Brian CliftonPublished on Dec 2, 20145 min read

Fascinating Data From 955 Lyft Rides

A simple story about the revenue, costs, and profits of being a Lyft driver.

Greg MuenderPublished on Oct 23, 20147 min read

Hong Kong, the World and Facebook Trends

Will your news trend on Facebook?

Suman Deb RoyPublished on Oct 7, 201410 min read

Portrait of a Network

Thought fragments from my new book..

Suman Deb RoyPublished on Sep 4, 20145 min read

Meta-Reading

How to study a book by its data

Suman Deb RoyPublished on Sep 1, 20144 min read

The Digital Flames of Ferguson

How the nation turned its attention to events at a St. Louis suburb

Suman Deb RoyPublished on Aug 26, 201412 min read

Israel, Gaza, War & Data

social networks and the art of personalizing propaganda

Gilad LotanPublished on Aug 4, 201410 min read

29 reasons you’re reading this article

or why odd-length BuzzFeed listicles perform better than even ones

Gilad LotanPublished on Jul 1, 20147 min read

(Fake) friends with (Real) benefits

I paid $5 for 4,000 Twitter followers, and here’s what I found

Gilad LotanPublished on Jun 4, 20146 min read

Upvoting the News

Reddit’s potential role in breaking news coverage

Alex LeavittPublished on Mar 31, 201411 min read

A Data-Driven Take on Flappy Bird’s Meteoric Success

And what we can learn from it

Gilad LotanPublished on Feb 17, 20147 min read

Misleading With Statistics

How journalists make arguments with distorted data

Eric PortelancePublished on Feb 6, 20146 min read