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How to Make a Movie
In: Culture
25 Apr 2011Flowcharts of the sure-win boiler plate formulas for making a horror, action, porn, animated, or short film movie. These were created as advertisements for European pay-TV company CANAL+.
The Seasons of my Discontent
In: Culture
20 Apr 2011Besides the “summer blockbusters” there are some interesting trends about what types of movies are released when. I’m not quite sure what the difference between action and adventure is supposed to be. Also, statistically speaking, shouldn’t this be run through some regressions and/or be seasonally adjusted somehow? Are there more receipts in the summer because more people are attending, or because more movies are released then? I bet there’s a good paper out there somewhere.
Fascinating Sex Statistics
In: Culture
20 Apr 2011This one has it all: Exercise v orgasm, interactive charts of a woman’s sex drive and confidence at different ages (and body types), vegetarian oral sex, twitter sex, masturbation by religion, rough sex v age, rough/gentle sex word clouds, GDP vs casual sex. All of these are based on analysis of the OKCupid dating site’s users self-identified characteristics. Awesome work!
Teachers Salaries World Wide
In: Culture Employment
19 Apr 2011I’m sure the devil is in the details, as usual, but aggregate statistics like this are always good background to any debate. Thanks to KD Kelly for the link!
Gender Bias in Toy Ads
In: Culture
19 Apr 2011Wordle‘s really are fun, aren’t they? This one compares words from 27 boy-toy commercials with 32 girl-toy commercials. Am I the only one that sees the endogenous bias irony concerning which toys are “for boys” and which were “for girls?” The author went by what toys were listed in the Boys section of Toys-r-Us’s website, but that just shifts the bias to another source.
“Boys”:
“Girls”:
Where’s Whitey? Census 2010
In: Culture Interactive Maps
11 Apr 2011Interactive map that lets you explore America’s changing demographics by race, as well as the overall population movement between regions:
The below chart lets you compare metropolitan shifts across major cities (though it’s by ranking, which is a little odd):
Baggage Fees
30 Mar 2011I hate baggage fees. Interesting fact from below: when airlines started charging fees, 25% of passengers switched to carry-ons — resulting in longer lines at security checkpoints, higher TSA costs, and longer delays in loading/unloading planes. In conclusion: airlines are charging you more money to make your flight experience worse.
An 85 foot long annotated timeline of early American financial and industrial history. Similar to the 1775-1943 Booms and Busts timeline I posted last year, this one isn’t quite as technical, but the historical notes are fascinating: 1877: “Guaranteed Mtges coming into use”, 1899: “100 taxis in New York”, 1910: “Movie censorship being demanded”. (via)
Patchwork Nation
28 Mar 2011Patchwork Nation tracks a number of traditional economic and social indicators over time – but they also include some interesting alternative ones:
Cracker Barrel restaurants and Whole Foods Stores:
Gun shops and Casinos:
Bankruptcies 2007 vs 2010:
Change in family income 1980-2010:
US Eugenical Laws
28 Mar 2011The map below shows which states had pro-sterilization laws back in 1935, and the number of “operations” in each. Want to know who the government deemed ineligible to breed? – browse this scary-ass book from 1922. Not feeling that brave? — the wikipedia entry will give you the practical bits.
The Gentrification of Washington DC
25 Mar 20112010 census data illustrates the gradual gentrification of DC – the city that was 70 percent black in the 1970s is now estimated at less than 50 percent. Heck, from 1990-2010 rising housing costs chased ME across town from Georgetown to Mount Pleasant to Capitol Hill. The related article has some interesting details.
There are also two interactive versions:
Teen Drug Use
24 Mar 2011I usually don’t post these column-style infographics anymore, because most of them are shitty link-bait. But this one on teen drug use cites a quality recent source, doesn’t over-use symbols or clip art, properly highlights key observations, and uses a consistent color scheme. Nice work! Oh, and high school kids – don’t do drugs.
Turns out there are more than 100 ways to spell Muammar Muhammand al-Gaddafi’s name in English. Here is a chart of the variations:
Original and phonetic:
(via)
The Wonderful Work of Karl Hartig
In: Culture Employment Finance Graphic Design (general) History Innovative Politics Science US Economy
22 Mar 2011Karl Hartig was creating beautiful complex data visualizations back when most of us “graphics experts” were still trying to figure out how to change colors in excel. Here is a selection of his work on population, electronics, energy, stocks, immigration, politics, and music. Soak it up!
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