Tag: Politics


Infographiti: Golan Levin Brings Data Viz To The Street | Co.Design

Infographics already gets tons of play on the web. But geek superstar Golan Levin wants to spread them even further. So he developed an adjustable stencil that lets you spray paint pie-chart data visualizations of your own making on walls, highway underpasses, the house of your high school math teacher — wherever! As someone noted perfectly on Twitter, it’s “Bansky meets Tufte.”

via Infographiti: Golan Levin Brings Data Viz To The Street | Co.Design.

Mister Rogers defending PBS to the US Senate

The U.S. House of Representatives is going after public broadcasting again. Please repost this. And write to Congress.

via YouTube – Mister Rogers defending PBS to the US Senate.

“Thank You Facebook” by Richard Engel | Mediaite | Mark Joyella

The call for democratic reform across North Africa, including Egypt is historic.  In the midst of uncertainty, I think we might have a “Boris Yeltsin on the Tank” moment that capture the spirit of today’s events.  “Thank You Facebook.”

Infographic: College Degrees in the United States | The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Chronicle of Higher Education has created a must-see interactive infographic showing college graduation rates (1940-2009) from across the country. The information that’s displayed is a thing of beauty, but more important is the accessibility of the data as you drill down by county to filter for race, income, and population density.