Greek To Me: Mapping Mutual Incomprehension � Strange Maps

362 – Greek To Me: Mapping Mutual Incomprehension � Strange Maps
While English speakers say “It’s Greek to me” when they encounter something indecipherable, the preferred incomprehensible language of reference for much of the rest of the world is Chinese. What do the Chinese consider incomprehensible? Only “the language of Heaven”. Hah!
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GOOD � Who’s Buying What?�

GOOD � Who’s Buying What?�
A look at where people around the world are directing some of their purchasing power.

GOOD � Who’s Buying What?�

GOOD � Who’s Buying What?�
A look at where people around the world are directing some of their purchasing power.

Periodic Table of the Social Media Elements � eyecube

The Periodic Table of the Social Media Elements � eyecube: “Social Media really is a lot like chemistry. There is a huge pool of elements you can choose from and an infinite variety of combinations you can create. Twitter sharing commenting will give you a different result than blogging [...]

Periodic Table of the Social Media Elements � eyecube

The Periodic Table of the Social Media Elements � eyecube: “Social Media really is a lot like chemistry. There is a huge pool of elements you can choose from and an infinite variety of combinations you can create. Twitter sharing commenting will give you a different result than blogging [...]

GraphJam

more music charts

GraphJam

more music charts

Seed: The Evolution of Life in 60 Seconds

Seed: The Evolution of Life in 60 Seconds

A Project for Data Visualization…

Personal Democracy Forum – Worldwide Terrorism Incidents: a great dataset for open government data geeks: “Worldwide Terrorism Incidents: a great dataset for open government data geeks”

Draw me a Picture: More from William J. Polley

Employment losses continue to be in line with 1981-82 recession – William J. Polley: “It is a fairly busy chart, but we can see the current recession (orange) is very similar to the 1981 recession (light green) in terms of job losses as a percentage of peak employment.”