Archive for the ‘Statistics’ Category
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
I'm sure I've posted this map before... but after spending nearly $70 on a tank of regular gas this afternoon (i drive a 4-door sedan) I couldn't help but think back to this image and how perilous it seems.
The United States consumes more than 20,000,000 barrels of oil every ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Another interesting interactive information visualization from the NYTimes: Casualties of War.
Each United States service member who has died in Iraq and been identified by the Defense Department is represented by a small square to the right.
Learn about the individuals by clicking on any square to see information about that person
On ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Sorry to have to do this but I've got a proposal I'm writing and I just don't have time to find some new stuff this week.
I've been very pleased with the increased traffic to the blog over the past few months.
Here's a random 5 of the 20 most popular posts ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
My good friend, who has made a successful second career out of professional poker online and live, alerted me to this incredible story. As you may have noticed, Internet poker experienced a surge in participation as The World Series of Poker on ESPN grew mainstream popularity.
Until recently, all online poker ...
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
I found this interesting real-time visualization at a site I visit often, MaxKiesler.com. I must admit that I am a sucker for snazzy visualizations, especially if they are smoothly designed, as this one is.
(suit)men is a digital global entertainment company founded in Japan. Their website is flashed based and ...
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Friday, January 11th, 2008
A little while ago, I found some new Wikipedia visualizations from the guys that brought you Visualizing Wikipedia - The Power Struggle.
Found at A Beautiful WWW, their new visualization attempts to highlight activity in regions of Wikipedia that are predominately math or science or technology.
We developed a program to ...
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
The more time I spend writing for my blog, the more fascinated I become with infographics. Whether static, interactive, video, or a hybrid of mediums... infographics have become a sincere interest of mine.
That's just one more reason I've grown to appreciate the Cool Infographics Blog, where I found a ...
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Monday, October 15th, 2007
I came across Good Magazine, "media for people who give a damn."
We see a growing number of people tied together not by age, career, background, or circumstance, but by a shared interest. This revolves around a passion for potential mixed with fierce pragmatism and creative engagement. We sum all this ...
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
In my web surfing I came across this interesting visualization that combines both a geospatial aspect as well as a time aspect to the visualization.
Trulia Hindsight;
Trulia Hindsight is an animated map of homes in the United States from Trulia. The animations use the year the properties were built to ...
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
I think this is an effective data display. There is a lot of valuable information conveyed effectively - not a lot of flash, but a substantive.
Today the Milken Institute released an important study that demonstrates the heavy economic burden chronic disease places on our nation – and how much ...
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