Google defines “news” as new information or events or a broadcast, a very generic definition. At one time in history there was only one resource to get the news. If your town was large enough you had a local newspaper (although much of the information just printed was weeks old). [...]
Archive for November, 2011
November 8th, 2011 - 1:39 am § in Uncategorized
What Digital Maps Can Tell Us About the American Way
The New York Times discovered this digital map by ARTSBEAT BLOG, which shows the life expectancy deviation across the United States. The life expectancy was averaged for all of the United States, and then averaged for what must be various counties across the United States. This could be useful in m[...]
November 1st, 2011 - 2:07 am § in Data Visualizations
A Free Visual Thesaurus of the English Language
A thesaurus is a boring, but vital tutorial when writing anything. But who wants to pick up a thick book, or even go to a website and read a list of words whose only connection is the original word. Aside from being a synonym, they are just a random list of words that are […][...]