Archive for February, 2010
Manufacturing Rebound
9 Feb 2010Most industrial countries have recovered (temporarily, at least).
Israeli Settlements in the West Bank
9 Feb 2010An impressively detailed mapping analysis of settlements in disputed territories over time. Related article.
USA Job Losses by Sector 2008-10
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.
Obama’s Bank Reform Plan
In: Bailout Finance Politics Source: FT Stock Market US Economy
9 Feb 2010The FT has an audio annotated slideshow explaining the proposal.
(note, to get around FT’s registration try this link)
DC Metro (1976-2010)
In: Maps
9 Feb 2010A slideshow timelines of the growth of the Washington DC Metro (subway).
Guardian Zeitgeist
5 Feb 2010Another color coded graphic news aggregator. This one from the Guardian.
Volunteers in America
5 Feb 2010Good data on who volunteered where in 2009. I’ll spare you my usual critique of Good’s visualization choices.
How Much Pie Charts Suck (in 3D!)
5 Feb 2010Jon Peltier executes another one of his wonderful critiques/rants about the uselessness of pie charts.
State of the Internet
In: Culture
5 Feb 2010Some nice perspective data. Apparently it’s for Q309. Thanks to VizWorld for posting it.
Tax Calculator
5 Feb 2010A fun toy for examining historic US tax rates and government expenditure. You put in your income and it graphs the amount of taxes you pay and breaks down what the government spent it on. As usual on this type of stuff, there are pages and pages of comments arguing about the methodology and what it all means. (via).
and in honor of those tax arguments:
(originally from here)
The Rising Cost of Death
In: Culture
5 Feb 2010How much a standard funeral costs today. Also shows cremation rates by state – but doesn’t say how much cremation costs – probably because this was created by a life insurance org. (via)
Art and Culture Timelines
In: Culture Innovative
5 Feb 2010Some beautiful and fascinating hand drawn/painted timelines from artist Ward Shelley on a wide variety of topics. Interesting write-up on motivation and methods from the artist. (via)
The evolution of the Avant Garde art scene: 
Frank Zappa: 
Rock genres: 
Andy Warhol’s world: 
Data Fiction
5 Feb 2010Something a little different today: A fictional story told through data visualizations. The link below goes to the flickr version, while a larger presentation appears on designer Kim Asendorf’s website. I definitely love the idea and the execution — of course, visualizations are probably a little easier to create when you get to make up the data. 🙂
Faulty Employment Statistics
In: Employment US Economy
4 Feb 2010Poor assumptions in the how the BLS calculates unemployment will lead to a downward adjustment of 824,000 on Friday – read the technical explanation. (via The Big Picture).
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