Unemployment and Occupation

Fascinating Beeswarm/Moving Bubble chart at Flowing Data illustrating unemployment trends by occupation over the last year. Love these methods of Continue reading →

Data visualization in virtual reality

Virtual reality helps us to picture what can’t actually be seen… Virtual reality puts you in a digital world that Continue reading →

Haikus generated based on your map location and Open Street Map data

Satellite Studio made a map thing that generates haikus based on OpenStreetMap data and your location. From the announcement: [W]e automated Continue reading →

When People Find a New Job

I’m finding through the years that I am again enjoying things I’ve done earlier in my career. What about you? Continue reading →

Animated Map: 2,400 Years of European History

Fascinating data presentation! The history of Europe is breathtakingly complex. While there are rare exceptions like Andorra and Portugal, which Continue reading →

This cool vintage chart shows the evolution in #design of everyday objects

By Raymond Loewy, this chart from 1934 shows the shifts in design of the car, telephone, and clock, among other Continue reading →

Animated map of “first leaf” sighting

Spring is on its way. The USA National Phenology Network uses a computer model to estimate heat build-up and the Continue reading →

Card catalogs and the secret history of modernity

Card catalogs feel very old but are shockingly new. A large room of fingerprint files at FBI Headquarters, 1944. By Continue reading →