Writing | Matthew Conlen (mathisonian)

Matthew Conlen is a data journalist and human-computer interaction researcher. He currently serves as an advisor to Our World in Data focusing on data visualization and digital publishing.

Matthew received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington where he was advised by Jeffrey Heer in the Interactive Data Lab.

This is a collection of personal writing. For news bylines, see journalism.

Interactivity and Data Visualization

Kernel Density Estimation — 2018
How To: Tune a Guitar — 2018
The D-I-Y Data of Fugazi — 2018
The Etymology of Trig Functions — 2017
Autumnal Colors — 2017
Lorenz Attractors — 2017
Exploring the U.S. consumer complaint database — 2017
Visualizing Seattle PD's dashcam problem — 2017
Music oscillator visualization — 2016
Sunrise and sunset times — 2015
State shaped bar charts — 2014

Technical

A Short Note on Debuggers — 2018
Specialized Tools — 2018
Using Apparatus with Idyll — 2017
Nonlinear range sliders — 2017
Easy responsive SVGs with ViewBox — 2016
Using the Symbolset font on iOS — 2013
Postgres full-text search with Sequelize — 2013
Hacking breaking news — 2013