Data

In India for many mobile data is the only way

by Alex Rainert 04.16.2008

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 [...]

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Design In The Wild: Weather Underground and their personal touch

by Alex Rainert 03.28.2008

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 [...]

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Personal DNA tests – scary or awesome?

by Alex Rainert 03.22.2008

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 [...]

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

by Alex Rainert 03.12.2008

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!

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DATAVIZ PR0N: Webtrends visualized as the Tokyo Subway map

by Alex Rainert 03.05.2008

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

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

by Alex Rainert 02.28.2008

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

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Obama/Clinton Gallup Poll visualization

by Alex Rainert 02.16.2008

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 [...]

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