Interactive Archive:
The Burden of Public Debt
2 Nov 2010A pretty slick interactive look at the numbers from the FT (though I’m not sure what some of the subtle animations really accomplish).
(note: Some Financial Times features require a subscription to view)
Prescription for a Sickly Economy
In: Finance Interactive Source: Washington Post Stock Market US Economy
2 Nov 2010Five-part interactive explanation of quantitative easing. My favorite part: “The Fed will likely buy $100s of billions of Treasury bonds using money that it creates out of thin air”
This is an interesting design for examining funding sources using a zoomable SVG network. (by Skye Bender-deMoll)
Election Forecast Map
1 Nov 2010Interactive map of forecasts from the NYT’s FiveThirtyEight blog, covering all the races. (via Ritholtz)
Updated: Periodic Table of Irrational Nonsense
25 Oct 2010Now, each “element” has a popup description/snarky comment.
Update: The State of the Economy
25 Oct 2010October’s update of the Economic Indicators Dashboard:
and while we’re at it, here is the AP’s Economic Stress Map, which shows unemployment, foreclosures, and bankruptcies from 2007-today, by county.
Hipmunk: Visual Airline Reservations
22 Oct 2010Some airlines (Southwest and Jetblue) have made choosing flights an almost pleasant experience by clearly presenting available flights and costs — most other airlines still suck. Hipmunk is a new flight search tool which applies some simple design techniques to aggregate options clearly. I also love that they have a “sort by agony” option which combines price, duration, and layovers. (via FlowingData)
Scale of the Universe
In: Interactive Science
22 Oct 2010Use the slider at the bottom to zoom/explore the size of everything in the universe. We’ve seen some other takes on this, but this is the smoothest and most comprehensive of them so far. Thanks to Andrea Bedini for the link.
Balance the UK Budget
In: Interactive Politics
21 Oct 2010A cool interactive treemap tool lets you suggest what programs to cut in each spending category. (kind of like this one from the spring). This type of presentation should be a standard component in all accounting software.
Tea Party Faces, Beefs, and Races
In: Interactive Maps Politics
15 Oct 2010Faces and names, organized loosely by their complaints. Also, a map of where they are running and what the polls are saying.
Our Old Congress
13 Oct 2010See the age of US Congressmen from 1949-today. Would be nice if it somehow marked the incumbents.
Update: Wall Street Compensation
In: Employment Finance Interactive Source: WSJ Stock Market US Economy
12 Oct 2010Explore what percentage of revenue at Wall Street firms goes to compensation. Updated with 2010 data.
Gay Sex vs Straight Sex
12 Oct 2010OkTrends has analyzed it’s database of user behavior to examine several rumors about homosexual behavior, compared to heterosexuals. Not surprisingly, none of them are true. The whole article is fascinating.
Google Election Maps
In: Interactive Maps Politics
12 Oct 2010Google has pulled together the results of multiple polls to predict elections across the country.
Who to Vote For?
In: Interactive Politics
2 Oct 2010Vote Easy is a pretty smooth interactive voting guide. You select your state/zip then answer a series of questions on 12 different issues to see which candidates most agree with you. Then you can drill down to pictures and detailed candidate profiles. The questions are a bit simplistic, and they are missing some states (and DC) at the moment – but this could grow into a very useful tool. (via)
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