Sep 3rd 09
About New South Wales: Putting Open Data Online, the Australian Way
About New South Wales [nsw.gov.au] is an online data repository portal, focusing on the Australian state New South Wales (which, among many other things, is also home to the city of Sydney). The website is unique in its apparent focus on innovation and visual sophistication, forward-looking aspects that seem currently absent in all things that have some perceived relationship to the NSW government.
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Sep 1st 09
One Trillion Dollars Visualized
Representing large numbers has always been a focus for many information aesthetic visualization pieces. Think about 1 Billion Dollar (Physical), 6 Billion Others, World Population One, the Megapenny Project, Chris Jordan’s American Self Portrait and Rice Demographics as some relevant examples.
By courtesy of mint.com, the following animated infographic movie illustrates the relative size of...
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Aug 31st 09
Data Monday: Music Sales
Some recent numbers on digital and physical music sales. CDs comprised 65 percent of all music sold in the first half of 2009 compared to paid digital downloads, which comprised 35 percent of music sales. (source) Digital music sales are growing at 15 to 20 percent, and CDs falling by an equal proportion, so digital music sales will nearly equal CD sales by the end of 2010. (source) Apple iTunes leads...
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Aug 30th 09
Congress Speaks: All Words Spoken in the 110th US Congress
Congress Speaks [congressspeaks.com] is a light-hearted exploration of the more than 14,548,598 words spoken in the 110th United States Congress. It explores who has being doing all this talking, and more importantly, what they have been saying. The website allows the comparison of individual legislators or states, or even states with legislators. The statistics include the exact number of words spoken,...
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Aug 30th 09
Health Reform: A Visual Explanation (is looking for funding)
Health Reform: A Visual Explanation [kickstarter.com] combines the concepts of infographic animation, political advocacy, and grassroots fundraising into one. The goal of the initiative is to educate the wide public about Health Care Reform in neutral, non-partisan way. The ultimate aim is to design an infographic movie that explains the facts of this reform bill, and will be available for public,...
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Patrick is an accomplished Sr. User Interface Developer and Architect specializing in Web Applications, Web 2.0 and eLearning with extensive experience in the full life cycle of the software design process including project planning, design, testing, client communications, training, de-bugging, implementation and maintenance. His book, Modern Ui, Social Usability for Web 2.0 and Beyond is in production and will be available at Barnes and Noble, Borders, Amazon as well as many other fine retailers in Winter 2009-2010.
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