Chart Choices
19 Feb 2010Juice Analytics has a very nice article about how to select from all the chart types available today.
State Revenue
In: Politics US Economy
19 Feb 2010Where states get their money from. An interesting distribution. (via)
Power Morphing
19 Feb 2010I recently had to animate some morphing for a presentation, and came across the below. Stunning and beautiful (the music selection is kind of annoying, though)
We are FAT
19 Feb 2010The CDC has a number of maps tracking rising obesity levels (1985-2008). Thanks to Allison for passing them on.
Social Networks
In: Culture
19 Feb 2010Age distribution of social networks: 
Different types of Twitter users: 
Banking Earnings vs Compensation
19 Feb 2010“Drag the slider to see how staff compensation at these major banks relates to revenue and net income over time and see which bank pays their employees the most on average.”
Job Openings in Congress
In: Politics Source: WSJ
19 Feb 2010Also includes a table of everyone leaving indicating stated reason, terms served, etc.
Blog Gender
In: Culture
19 Feb 2010A comparison of words used by male vs female bloggers.
How We Commute
In: Culture
19 Feb 2010The letters are area charts – a somewhat novel approach. Thanks to Knarph for passing it on.
European Health Care
19 Feb 2010THE private provision of health care comes in several forms across Europe. In Germany and the Netherlands it provides coverage for those not on government schemes; in Britain and Ireland it duplicates state-run systems; and in France it tops up cover from official programmes. . A study by the Boston Consulting Group concludes that countries relying mainly on insurance-such as France, Germany and the Netherlands-provide better care than those, like Britain, Italy and Spain, that are chiefly funded by taxes and which spend less on health care as a proportion of GDP.
Memory
In: Interactive Science
17 Feb 2010Ok, the animations in this one are incredible and slightly freaky. They rotate, color, and pop open your head in 3D to explain in clear detail how we input, process, and forget things. Very nice.
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19 Feb 2010I don’t post many editorials, but I love Matt Taibbi’s gonzo journalism style and his insights about cracks in the financial system.