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A very nice treemap presentation — you can drill down by year and company level. Clicking on a company box will bring up their own comments on compensation policies. Well done WSJ!

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BRICs 2007-14

In: Emerging Markets Global Economy Interactive Maps Source: FT US Economy

17 Jan 2010

Forecasts for economic growth.

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The Apple App Economy

In: Culture Global Economy

15 Jan 2010

Thanks to Joe Mako for the heads up.

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Crayola Color Chart, 1903-2010

In: Culture

15 Jan 2010

The evolution of Crayola Crayon Colors. Related article. Thanks to Stephen Von Worley for bringing it to my attention.

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Haiti

In: Culture Environment/weather Global Economy Maps Science Source: NYT Source: USA Today Source: Washington Post Source: WSJ

15 Jan 2010

Crazy amount of damage. and Haiti wasn’t in very good shape to start with. I’ll keep adding finds to this same post as I come across them.

I kept hearing that the shipping port was out of commission and was wondering what exactly that meant. Here it is. (via Washington Post print edition)

Damage zone and location of aftershocks :

Faultlines, cities, population density, shaking:

Annotated map:

Zoomable satellite map of Port-au-Prince from 10:30 Wednesday:

NYT side-by-side before and after satellite pictures:

Map of logistical challenges hampering relief efforts:

Earthquake primer with details on Haiti’s plates:

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Pink Floyd Timeline

In: Culture

14 Jan 2010

I was excited at first, but the colors seem mostly for decoration and only indicate band member changes. (via)

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Time For Pie?

In: Graphic Design (general)

13 Jan 2010

Eager eyes has an excellent article that lays out the problems with pie charts, and includes suggestions on how to avoid some of the more glaring issues.

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Languages

In: Culture Interactive Maps

13 Jan 2010

Maps of the different languages spoken in the USA. Via a discussion at Sociological Images which also critiques the methodology a bit.

Spanish:

French:

English:

You can also do side-by-side comparisons. French vs Spanish in New York:

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Percent of departures canceled or delayed during the holidays year-on-year. Two problems with this one: Why show an increase in delays as a reduction in the volume of the containers? And the comparison is pretty much useless without factoring the weather in somehow – especially if you’re trying to use the results to analyze new security measures.