Video: Journalism In The Age of Data
Introduction (Via Good) If you have a spare hour, then feast your eyes on Geoff McGhee’s video documentary “Journalism in the Age of Data,” which explores the exciting potential and occasional pitfalls...
View ArticleHans Rosling- The good news of the decade?
About this talk (via Ted) Hans Rosling reframes 10 years of UN data with his spectacular visuals, lighting up an astonishing — mostly unreported — piece of front-page-worthy good news: We’re winning...
View ArticleVisualizing How the Things You Own, End Up Owning You
Image (via Steadfast finances) Excerpt (via Steadfast Finances) I recommend reading the full article. How to Calculate your “Stuff per Hours Worked” Metric Generating this graphic is very simple and...
View ArticleTim Berners-Lee The Future of Journalism (and Everything) Is Data
Via Good Speaking on Friday at the launch of the first government datasets for spending by departments of more than £25,000, he was asked who will analyse them once the geeks have moved on. What’s the...
View ArticleThe Guardian Launches A Data Driven Newspaper
.The Guardian has launched a data driven newspaper with daily infographics. I have a feeling that this is the beginning of a fantastic trend for other newspapers. Needless to say, I’m hooked. Click...
View ArticleVideo: Hans Rosling The Joy Of Stats
Click Here To Watch The Video: Hans Rosling The Joy Of Stats on BBC Related posts: Exploring the exploding internet Visualizing The Bankruptcy Process: Chapter 7, Chapter 11, Chapter 13 Video: Modeling...
View ArticleVideo: Visualizing the medical data explosion
About this talk (via Ted) Today medical scans produce thousands of images and terabytes of data for a single patient in mere seconds, but how do doctors parse this information and determine what’s...
View ArticleInfographic: How To Have A Rational Discussion
Via Brandon Scott Gorrell @ Thought Catalog Related posts: Video: Augmented-Reality Maps Visualizing The Bankruptcy Process: Chapter 7, Chapter 11, Chapter 13 Europe's Web of Debt The Guardian Launches...
View ArticleVideo: Hans Rosling – How The Washing Machine Transformed Society
I’ve talked with many economists who think the washing machine (as of the current moment) has contributed more to the world than the internet. Their line of thought is something like this, no washing...
View ArticleSEC Mining Tools for Data Journalists, Investors, & Regulators
As I’ve written about several times, I’m a huge fan web applications at the intersection of open data, information visualization, and accounting/econ/finance. I just found an article via the NYT,...
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