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More Horoscope Nonsense
In: Culture
19 Jan 2011A lovely diagram by Information is Beautiful of the words most commonly used in 22,000 horoscopes, organized by sign. And what do you know, they mostly share the same words!
What Causes Gun Deaths?
17 Jan 2011Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander of the Atlantic took a crack at examining the statistical relationship between gun related deaths and several commonly associated causes.
Firearm-related deaths were positively associated with states that voted for McCain (.66) and negatively associated with states that voted for Obama (-.66).
[.] fatal gun violence is less likely to occur in richer states with more post-industrial knowledge economies, higher levels of college graduates, and tighter gun laws. Factors like drug use, stress levels, and mental illness are much less significant than might be assumed.
The authors correctly point out the difference between correlation and causation, and I have problems with some of the indicators used, but this analysis is one step closer to reality than most of the other crap articles floating around our news media lately on this topic. As usual with politically fiery articles like this, the comments are an entertaining read. Thanks to Tom Dawkins for the link!
Movie Sequels: Better or Worse Than Original?
In: Culture Innovative
16 Jan 2011Using crowd-sourced ratings from Rotten Tomatoes, this chart puts the original movies on one axis and the sequels on the other. At first the 45 degree rotation threw me off, but the more I stared at it, the more I liked it. It would be interesting to color the circles by decade – I think I see some groupings of bad choices.
How the Recession Changed Us
In: Culture History US Economy
14 Jan 2011I’ve tried to avoid posting most of the trite “end of the year” infographics, but this one from the Atlantic comparing today to before the recession is interesting. (via)
Who Men Find Attractive vs Who They Date
In: Culture
10 Jan 2011Once again, OkCupid has data-mined information from online dating profiles and actions to tell us how weird we are. Today they compare how “attractive” a woman’s pictures are, compared to how many times they get sent messages. Some of the interesting findings:
- The more men disagree about a women’s looks, the more they like her.
- Guys tend to ignore girls who are just cute.
- If someone doesn’t think you’re hot, the next best thing is for them to think you’re ugly.
Map: North American Accents, eh?
6 Jan 2011An interesting attempt to map out linguistic differences in the great American melting pot. It’s a bit much to absorb at first, but the more you dig, the more fascinating it is. For example, if you zoom in and click on one of the little dots, you realize that author Rick Aschmann has included links to more than 600 audio file examples of different accents. (via)
Top Movies of 2010
In: Culture Interactive
4 Jan 2011A beautiful stream graph of the top 25 movies of 2010, sized by box office gross per week. Created by Zach Beane – his site also includes similar graphs for earlier years. (via)
Life Flowchart: Love-Limbo-Trouble-Denial
23 Dec 2010Sony pictures sponsored these awesome flowcharts to promote the upcoming movie “How Do You Know”. The best part is you don’t see the whole chart at once – you make your choices, and it reveals just those results (why is this the first time I’ve seen this done!? It’s so simple.). Created by Jetset Studios.
Seven Billion People
22 Dec 2010The Economist produced this video explaining population trends using a series of well designed radial diagrams, including the birth of the 7th billion living person, expected in 2011. The surprising part: after ridiculous growth in the past century, things are starting to slow down.
The 2010 Lexicon
20 Dec 2010Bloomberg mapped out the use of 2010’s buzzwords using sparklines, marking the peaks with some confusing colored dots (there’s a gaga color?!?). Oh, and the chart is sponsored by FourLoko – way to keep it classy, Bloomberg!
Ok, I’m being a little harsh – the charts are actually pretty cool to look through, and the use of sparklines is spot on.
Baltimore Trash Migration
20 Dec 2010Artist Cameron Zotter collected discarded receipts over a 48 hour period and mapped out how far they had traveled. I love the resulting infographic. Note, the image below is linked to Cameron’s site; here is a higher resolution version of the image on Flickr. (via)
FYI, MIT has a higher tech version of this idea, where they tag trash with GSM cellular phone markers that periodically call home with their location:
The Santa Brand
17 Dec 2010Several charts from a hilarious parody of the typical marketing “brand” report. Thanks to Sam Freund for the link.
How Different Generations Use the Internet
In: Culture Internet/tech
16 Dec 2010Based on Pew Internet’s 2010 Generations report. (via; Thanks to Rebecca Southers for the link)
DC Commuters
16 Dec 2010Maps of who commutes using public transport, and who has to get up before 7am to make it to work (an odd metric, no?). Related story.
Relationship Death
In: Culture Innovative
16 Dec 2010
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