This is one of those deep, rich, shame-on-us infographics comparing us (the United States) to the world — or visa versa. Quite frankly, I do not see that much to be ashamed of, as a U.S. citizen. There’s not reason why we should be number one, and I have yet to be convinced that high [&h[...]
Archive for June, 2011
Older Americans 2010: Key Indicators of Well-Being
I recently attended a conference where the keynote speaker said one of the biggest factors for determining our quality of life in the future is demographics — who we are and where we live and where we will be living. From Aging Stats (agingstats.gov) is a report and background dataset on eld[...]
Come scrivere un blog post | infographic | TP-blog
A few of you are old enough to remember when a fat person was an oddity. Am I wrong? It’s what I remember from my childhood. I also remember that we didn’t have fast food and didn’t by loads of chips and other corn syrup infested goodies. So here’s an infographic from online [...]
Snake Oil version 2
A few weeks ago I featured another interactive visualizer called Snake Oil. It enables you to compare different medications, both pharmaceutical and natural based on research. This is an updated version of the tool. According the the blog entry: We’ve revised the data from top to bottom. That incl[...]
The Most Hipster State In The US
This one’s for the fun of it. What is a hipster? What is a posier? Who cares. Well it seems that Minnesotans care. This infographic ranks the states of the U.S. by the number or portion of their citizens who search hipster the word on the Internet. Site: http://goo.gl/DQS5s Graphic:[...]
Open Data
Last weekend, I attended and participated in something called CityCamp for the city of Raleigh, North Carolina. It was about government 2.0, or what can happen with our civic experience when government makes data openly available to us. Today, rather than providing a data source, I thought I would[...]