Archive for March, 2010
How to Spot a Hidden Handgun
In: Culture
31 Mar 2010
Stacked Bar Chart Dos & Don’ts
31 Mar 2010Another great article from Jon Peltier on using design methods to make things clearer. Each of the below are based on the same data.
Federal Debt and Tax Brackets (1900-2015)
31 Mar 2010Dshort always has interesting medium/long-term analyses. I really like the representation of historic tax brackets in the bottom half of this one (based on data from taxfoundation.org)
Housing Booms and Busts
31 Mar 2010Although this NY FED article is primarily focused on explaining Upstate NY’s immunity from the boom/bust cycle, it includes some interesting analysis of nation wide trends. (via The Big Picture).
Flags as Charts
30 Mar 2010
March Madness Seed Performance (1985-2009)
In: Sports
30 Mar 2010You have to look at it a minute, but the widths show how the seeds performed through the years. (via Information is Beautiful)
Solar Calendar Music Box
30 Mar 2010
A Better Coca-Cola Bottle
30 Mar 2010
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- Martin: Manager asks geek to document process. The longer the geek takes to document, the longer the geek ke [...]
- Steve: Budgets aren't subject to the filibuster. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster_in_the_United_S [...]
- Nathan: Rogier, follow the link to NPR and you will read that education has been lumped in with "everything [...]
- mims: Lol, the lazy man. I'd say the efficient woman. Or man. ;) [...]
- lam: except, scott, when you consider that congress has to do somethings just to keep this country functi [...]