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Richie Rich
11 Nov 2013Where are people with the highest incomes and most education living? Here’s a map:
Top Baby Name by State (1960-2012)
7 Nov 2013
Gender Gap
In: Culture
6 Nov 2013The Economist created these summary charts of political, economic, health, and education gender gaps based on the WEFs 2013 Global Gender Gap Report.
History of Audio Apparatuses (1840-2013)
30 Oct 2013PopChartLab created this compendium of audio recording and playing devices over time. It’s pretty comprehensive. However, I think PopChartLab is on the verge of becoming the Buzzfeed of infocharts: pointless compiled lists of cartoonized objects. Cocktail Chart of Film and Literature?!? Fictional Beers?!? Nebula of NES Games?! Shark jumped.
Going back to the original topic: am I the only who occasionally calls his iPod a “walkman”?
Evolution of Western Dance Music
24 Oct 2013Nicely done. I suspect some people might think that London is given credit for more than it deserves.
What Lands Did Europeans Really Discover?
14 Aug 2013Nice work by Bill Rankin over at Radial Cartography. He tries to map out lands that were really uninhabited prior to discovery. You’ll notice they were mostly small islands.
If you like maps and haven’t browsed that site before, you should. Lots of cool projects:
A table of projections:
Comparison of subways in the USA:
Make a personalized celestial calendar:
Red Heads and Blondes
5 Aug 2013
NYC Bike Share Usage
In: Culture Interactive Maps
30 Jul 2013A clever animation of how the bikes move around throughout the day. You have to watch it on slow to really get a feeling of what’s going on.
Bootstrap America
22 Jul 2013Is the American dream still alive? Can you work hard and raise your income level? Well, it kinda depends on where you live. The NYT has a couple of nice interactive tools who exploring the results of a study of the issue. (via FlowingData)
Gmail Network Map
In: Culture Internet/tech
9 Jul 2013MIT has a fun toy which let’s you conduct network analysis of your gmail emails. There’s a thread over at Slashdot that discusses how this analysis of meta data is similar to the Snowden revealed PRISM project.
22 Maps of Linguistic Differences
11 Jun 2013This has been making the rounds. I like that they used alpha shading to show variations. And it’s pop, not soda.
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