Archive for May, 2010
Washington DC Ticket Prices
17 May 2010
Oil Gusher: What, Where, How to Fix
17 May 2010A 7 part series from the WSJ:
Europe: How Bad is it?
13 May 2010
Household Debt by Country
In: Global Economy
13 May 2010Wow. I would have thought the USA would easily be #1. From a Canadian study, based on OECD data. (via)
Facebook’s 170 Privacy Options
13 May 2010
5 Myths of Visual Communication
12 May 2010
and while we’re at it, here’s another excellent article from the same blog (Understanding Grahics) on “Themes for a Good Infographic“:
Oil Spill Calculators
12 May 2010Enter your own leak rate (nobody knows what it really is) and see what the running total is. (via)
Overlay the spill onto your own location with this googlemaps mashup:
Driving Habits vs Gas Prices
12 May 2010Interesting chart and analysis. I question a bit how accurate the underlying data is (does an unweighted mean of gas prices really reflect a year?; how is miles per capita measured?). Still, nicely done. (via)
What We Eat and Drink
12 May 2010Food spending by city, age, income, household. Related article.
When to Use Motion Charts
11 May 2010Everyone loves Hans Roslings Ted Talks, but when is motion a good thing to add to your visualizations? Juice Analytics has written up a short answer.
Excellent article by Sarah Slobin (who has worked for NYT, Fortune, CNN, WSJ, etc) on how to research and design your own work. (via)
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