Text from the graphic is probably the best way to introduce this graphic. The U.S. will have more than 1.2 million job openings in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)-related occupations by 2018. These include scientists, doctors, software developers and engineers. Yet, there will be a [...]
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August 25th, 2011 - 1:01 am § in Uncategorized
Women See Value and Benefits of College; Men Lag on Both Fronts, Survey Finds
Here is another set of numbers from the PEW Foundation, who focuses on understanding and sharing the qualities and conditions of American life. I often point to data from their Internet in American Life project. But here are some numbers that would look interesting and draw attention as a picto[...]
August 18th, 2011 - 1:01 am § in Uncategorized
71% of Online Adults Now Use Video-Sharing Sites
Sorry that the data is actually part of a graphic This is one of the almost daily reports from the PEW Internet in American Life project. It is just one more of the very interesting aspects of the YouTube story. It’s the second largest web site on the Internet and the second most used sear[...]
August 9th, 2011 - 1:01 am § in Uncategorized
World History Timeline
As a former history teacher, I’ve seen all kinds of timelines. This one is interesting in that the two interactive factors are time (of course) and geography. When you examine the Roman Empire, it starts to make sense. From Matthew Hurst’s Data Mining blog, This visualization of wo[...]
August 1st, 2011 - 1:01 am § in Uncategorized
http://obama.twitsprout.com (obama.twitsprout.com)
The question is, “Obama tweeted live with the nation July 6th, but did he field the right questions?” It’s a demonstration of TwitSprout, a new Twitter account tracking tool. It’s an interesting report on an event based on the Twitter buzz generated by the event and for it. T[...]
July 29th, 2011 - 1:01 am § in Uncategorized
Harry Potter Films by the Numbers
We went to see the finally installment of the Harry Potter film series the second day that it was out, not counting the Thursday midnight showing. It was sad to me, because now it’s over. The books and the movies are something that my wife and I have been able to experience with our children. [...]
July 28th, 2011 - 1:01 am § in Uncategorized
Common Concerns About Islamic Extremism
Pew Research Center is a deep, rich, and constant source of data about us — what we believe, like, love, hate, fear, and so on. On July 21, they published data comparing the differences and similarities of how the western world and Muslim world feel about conditions in the Middle East. Musli[...]
July 19th, 2011 - 1:01 am § in Uncategorized
Visualizing Real-Time Legislative Data
Here is one of those visualizations that include the old graphic styles of paper and colored pencil and also some of the greatest benefits of digital networked content. The Clear Congress Project [clearcongressproject.com] by Thomas Gibes is a real-time visualization of US Congress data made availa[...]
July 7th, 2011 - 1:01 am § in Uncategorized
Measuring Digital Traffic from All Devices
ComScore, the Internet marketing research company, recently announced a new set of data they will be monitoring. From their press release: “comScore is excited to announce the availability of Device Essentials to provide critical insight into traffic patterns sourcing from the wide array of device[...]