Archive for the ‘Interactive’ Category
Understand Health Reform
In: Interactive| Politics
12 Mar 2010A nice interactive tool from the AP that explains the health reform bills, including a “you” filter that explains what provisions will affect you based on your age and current insurance.
The Census
In: Interactive| Maps| Politics| Source: WSJ
8 Mar 2010Nice summary from the WSJ: The Summary, the questions, and the results (1880-2000).
Declining Stock Trade Size (99-09)
8 Mar 2010The average size of stock trades has been shrinking in the medium term.
note: if you have trouble seeing the FT grapic try a google search for the article name “Average trade size on top world stock exchanges” and click on the link there.
History of the World in Objects
In: Culture| Interactive
2 Mar 2010From the BBC. Use the slider on the right to scroll through history, then click on an object to see it’s significance; tons of filters on the left. (via)
US Wealth Centers
In: Employment| Interactive| Maps| US Economy
26 Feb 2010Comparison of metropolitan areas by wealth.
The Female Sex Drive
25 Feb 2010More great work from okCupid in the same article “The Case for an Old Woman“. I’m posting it separately because of the great charts.
First up, a map of “Ideally, how often would you have sex?”. (Move the slider to change the age) 
Is contraception morally wrong: 
Sparklines of preferences:
Economic Indicators Dashboard (Feb 10 ver)
In: Employment| Finance| Housing| Interactive| US Economy
23 Feb 2010One of my favorite summaries of economic indicators. Click on any of the “historical details” to see what each indicator means and why it’s important.
Banking Earnings vs Compensation
In: Bailout| Finance| Interactive| Source: FT
19 Feb 2010“Drag the slider to see how staff compensation at these major banks relates to revenue and net income over time and see which bank pays their employees the most on average.”
Memory
In: Interactive| Science
17 Feb 2010Ok, the animations in this one are incredible and slightly freaky. They rotate, color, and pop open your head in 3D to explain in clear detail how we input, process, and forget things. Very nice.
Native American Names
In: Culture| Interactive| Maps
17 Feb 2010A cool interactive map that shows the translation of many US geographic names that have native american origins.
Olympic Dashboard
In: Culture| Interactive| Maps
17 Feb 2010Highly stylized. Too many of the controls seem to be conveying the same information. (via)
There’s also a map version:
Olympic Tweets
In: Culture| Interactive| News Media
15 Feb 2010
Israeli Settlements in the West Bank
In: Interactive| Maps| Politics| Source: WSJ
9 Feb 2010An impressively detailed mapping analysis of settlements in disputed territories over time. Related article.
USA Job Losses by Sector 2008-10
In: Employment| Interactive| Source: WSJ
9 Feb 2010Job losses/gains. Use the timeline slider at the top to change the month. The bubbles at the bottom showing the overall size of the sectors are a nice touch.
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