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Data

• Data, Social, Thoughts

  What would Freud think of how you use Twitter?

  04.21.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Whitney Hess recently did an analysis of her activity on Twitter using Tweet Clouds and TweetStats. Reading her post inspired me to do the same. Here’s what I came up with (btw, I stripped out the @replies to focus more on the content of the messages) :

  I think it would be interesting to look at […]

• Data, Design, Mobile

  In India for many mobile data is the only way

  04.16.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  This piece in BusinessWeek does a great job at bringing to light the huge discrepancy between how the concept of “mobile” is so vastly different here in the US than it is in developing markets like India. This has come up a lot recently at work and I think it provides really valuable perspective when […]

• Data, Design in the Wild, Gold Star, Review, Thoughts

  Design In The Wild: Weather Underground and their personal touch

  03.28.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Weather Underground has been my go-to source for weather on the web for the past 5 years ever since my buddy Gabe introduced me to it. At first the site felt way too information heavy for me but after giving it a chance I’ve grown to love all that data, partly due to the care […]

• Data, Product, Review, Thoughts

  Personal DNA tests - scary or awesome?

  03.22.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  The first… potentially. The second… heck yeah! Check out Mike Arrington’s “review” of 23 and Me’s consumer level (if said consumer has $1000 bucks to burn) DNA test.
  You get some fun stuff:
  Some of the information is just for fun - I have “wet earwax,” for example, and don’t have the “alcohol flush” gene that […]

• Data, Design, Design in the Wild, Thoughts

  Design in the Wild: Using real-world data to augment the design

  03.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I wanted to highlight Apple’s subtle way of enhancing their data presentation. The iGoogle themes that change according to the time of day is another great example of this. What can you do to make your design feel more “alive”?
  Also, if you know of other examples, please drop them in the comments. Thanks!

• Data

  DATAVIZ PR0N: Webtrends visualized as the Tokyo Subway map

  03.05.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Check out this IA 2008 Webtrends clickable map. I *love* this stuff. (Thanks for the tip, Kevin!)

• Data, Design, Locative, Thoughts

  Do you have a soft spot for the Information Design of transit maps?

  02.28.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  OMG! Me too! I just got my copy of Transit Maps of the World and I love it. If you share that particular interest, give it a look.
  Amazon.com: Transit Maps of the World: Mark Ovenden,Mike Ashworth: Books

• Data, Thoughts

  Obama/Clinton Gallup Poll visualization

  02.16.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Maybe the Twitter/Superbowl visualization has got me fired up but now I want to take the most recent Obama vs. Clinton Gallup Poll data and overlay the major campaign events on top of it. According to this it seems like Hil enjoyed her best day right around Super Tuesday and its been downhill since. Maybe […]