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A great monthly status board for market and economic indicators. Click on anything – the popup details are great.

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Global Food System

In: Food

22 Jul 2010

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Self-explanatory.

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The distance has shrunk considerably while speeds have been increasing.

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A contest from Good magazine produced a number of different designs. The winner will be announced next week.

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Interactive exploration of the 45 Government agencies, 2000+ companies, and 854,000+ people working on government security. Part of the Washington Post’s 3-part series on the growth of national security infrastructure since 9/11.

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Why housing prices (and the economy) are not going to recover any time soon. (via The Big Picture; earlier post)

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Wow. This would be my nomination for most pointless use of a radial diagram (and color) 2010 if they gave out such awards.  Hmmm. maybe I’ll start giving out those awards. (via)

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Interesting multi-part interactive analysis from Bloomberg about changing job-force dynamics. (via the Big Picture)

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Illustrates the changing company composition over time.

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Problems, solutions, and the lowdown on each systemic issue.

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Patio Shade

In: Humor

16 Jul 2010

This diagram illustrates a design problem I’ve wondered about for many years.

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Turns out we massively subsidize oil companies with huge tax breaks, despite their equally huge profits. (via the Big Picture)

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The Congressional Conversation Index tracks what topics people are contacting their Representatives about, produced by a joint effort between Fireside21 and the Adfero Group. (thanks to Brad Johnson for the link)

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