When filing issues with open-source projects, it never hurts to say “please consider” or “would you” instead of the brusquely demanding “you should”. Maintainers are people, too.
The reason Google’s new search design can claim to “boldy” label ads while making them difficult to distinguish has to do with something called pre-attentiveness.
Observable Plot 0.6.7 is here 🎉, and with it, our first foray into interactive visualization! I’m so proud of the subtle details that make it shine. What makes it so great? 🧵
I’m really excited about this new intro to D3! It takes a very different tack than previous tutorials, and I hope it helps more people get into visualization.
A couple variants of my plot of FDIC-reported bank failures, now adjusted for inflation (using CPI): left is sorted by date to better show the sequence of events; right is sorted by assets for a more compact layout. See notebook for source & to compare.
Observable Framework 1.3 🆕 integrates
@uwdata
’s Mosaic vgplot, which can concisely expressive performant coordinated views of millions of data points.
This notebook fetches two-line element (TLE) data from the European Space Agency, computes the current position of the International Space Station, and then shows you its view of the Earth, in the general perspective projection, in realtime. 🤯
🎉 BIG NEWS 🎉
@mmeckf
has joined Observable! Together, we’re figuring out how we can help developers better understand their code and share knowledge through visualization.
Observable notebooks aren’t just documents—they are reactive programs that you can run and manipulate in any JavaScript environment, such as Node.js or a React app. We recently improved our ES module format and Runtime API. Check it out!
Observable Collaboration is a huge leap forward for thinking with data, together. And it’s a new architecture for Observable, taking us into the future. I’m so proud of this team! 💪
Typical embeds limit you to an iframe box-o’-content. Not this. Now you can import your Observable notebook directly into your app, dashboard or website as a standard ES module. Notebooks as reusable code!