Archive for August, 2009
On Vacation
21 Aug 2009FYI: I will be on vacation for the next few weeks. There will be no new posts until my return. Stop staring at your computer, go outside, and enjoy the rest of your summer.
Helicopter Crashes
In: Interactive| Maps| News Media| Science| Source: Washington Post
21 Aug 2009From a Washington Post article on fatal helicopter accidents. What first looked like just one kind of interesting chart turned out to be three solid ones once you started clicking around. (Thanks to Jane An for pointing them out).
Helping People is Dangerous
In: Culture| Global Economy
21 Aug 2009August 19th was World Humanitarian Day. The PDF file below charts the number of humanitarian workers who have been killed, kidnapped, and injured trying to help their fellow man. Thanks to Nancy Meaker for sending the link.
Computers Good. Oil Bad.
21 Aug 2009American attitudes towards different industries.
European Economic Weather Map (updated Aug 09)
In: Emerging Markets| Global Economy| Infographic (clever)| Interactive| Maps| Source: FT| Updated regularly
21 Aug 2009I’ve been tempted to steal this design many times. it’s a nice way to present mostly qualitative information for a large number of countries – and people understand it intuitively.
Housing: The United States vs Vermont
In: Housing| Interactive| Maps| Source: WSJ
21 Aug 2009Compare some interesting housing variables (foreclosure rate, home price %change, personal income %change, and GDP). The related article talks about Vermont missing the boom and the bust.
Hurricane Season 2009
In: Environment/weather| Interactive| Maps| Science| Source: WSJ| Updated regularly
21 Aug 2009A map of the paths of several hurricanes. Looks like they plan to update it throughout the hurricane season. This is very similar to the AP tool I mentioned in June.
Foreclosure Breakdown
21 Aug 2009
Tempo Magic
In: Culture
21 Aug 2009Britain’s top music, graphed against beats per minute.
Calories in Caffeine Delivery Vehicles
In: Culture| Food| Infographic (clever)
21 Aug 2009
Federal Research and Development Dollars
In: Politics| US Economy
21 Aug 2009
US Demographics 1950-2050
In: Employment| US Economy
20 Aug 2009Animated graph of the US age distribution. (I think bigger groups would have made it clearer). (thanks to David Cramer for the link)
Variation on the Big Max index
20 Aug 2009How many hours do you need to work to afford a Big Mac?
Fun with NYT Trends
18 Aug 2009Enter any two words into this tool and see a quick comparison graph of mentions in the New York Times. Unfortunately it only goes through 2008 at the moment.
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