Culture Archive:
What Color are Words?
1 Feb 2010Cymbolism.com creates graphs based on surveys of what colors people associate with different words. The blog has a lot of interesting articles about color theory, cultural differences, etc. (via)
Crowdsourcing Crisis Management
31 Jan 2010Several articles about the Ushahidi system : TED blog. Washington post. Guardian.
Amount of aid by country. I think the graphics are supposed to be parachutes.
How to Suck at Facebook
29 Jan 2010Ok, this is not terribly chart-related, but it’s just too damn accurate to pass up. I’ll post some boring statistical stuff soon to balance it out. Thanks to Kate Alexandra for passing it on.
Geek Hierarchy
28 Jan 2010Fairly accurate. Could benefit from an updating.
Some interesting data on global sexual practices and disease.
Global Health, Living Standards, and Education
25 Jan 2010A nice interactive display of rankings based on UNDP data. (via VizWorld)
Online Dating
22 Jan 2010OkCupid has analyzed data, messages, and photos from it’s dating site and come up with some interesting (and highly entertaining) advice. Ok cupid articles: Photos; First Messages. (via Information is Beautiful).
What kind of picture should you post? 
What to say in a first message: 
Mention religion? 
Abortions by State
20 Jan 2010Abortions per live birth, and total abortions, with color coding whether a state voted republican or democratic in the last election.
Why I Don’t Watch Football
In: Culture Source: WSJ
20 Jan 2010The Wall Street Journal did an analysis of what actually takes place onscreen while watching a football game. Even excluding commercials it still looks like a huge waste of time. Related article. (via Sociological Images)
New Haiti Satellite Pictures
20 Jan 2010Google has released a series of higher quality satellite pictures taken on Jan 17th. Crazy resolution of the destruction.
Porn Infographic
In: Culture
19 Jan 2010Seems appropriate to post this — even though it’s not that great a graphic.
Harvest Timeline
In: Culture Food Innovative
19 Jan 2010I like these. They should be on the front door of every supermarket. (via)
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