On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics release what could be the most anticipated report in months. With the increased risk of the economoy sinking into a double-dip recession and ongoing debate, the unemployment rate is one closely-watched indicator of our economy’s health.
Sometimes, we’re all in the mood for a thick and meaty infographic. Other times, especially Fridays, we’re in the mood for something that’s simply gorgeous and excellent, like these visualizations of iPhone-tracking data by Michael Kreil.
via Infographic Of The Day: iPhone GPS Data Looks Like Glowing Fireflies | Co.Design.
If you use Twitter at all, you’ve probably seen plenty of people lobbing questions to their followers– when they could have easily just gone to Google and searched for the answer. Â This habit actually has its own hashtag, #lazyweb, and InboxQ and Column Five Media created an infographic laying out exactly the types of questions people tweet out when they’re too lazy to search. But it reveals a lot more than the depth of people’s laziness — it also betrays the types of things that current search technology just doesn’t find very well.
via Infographic Of The Day: How Twitter Exposes Google’s Limits | Co.Design.
Do you know the startup Airbnb? It’s a website listing homes for short-term rent and also crazy rentals — everything from an entire village in Liechtenstein to the same place that Obama vacations at in Hawaii. The point is to offer an alternative to the generic offerings on Expedia and elsewhere.
via Infographic of the Day: Airbnb, the Expedia Alternative for VC Moguls | Co.Design.
It’s been a wild year for Foursquare: A couple of years ago, they were nothing more than an odd fad among certain tech-obsessed urbanites. Did you ever think people would get kicks from checking in to locations using their smartphones, the human equivalent of dogs peeing on lampposts? Maybe we’re not so different from neighborhood mutts checking their pee-mail. We’re social creatures.
via Infographic: How Foursquare Grew 3400% in One Year | Co.Design.
