Twitter: Is It All About Timing? [Infographic]
SOCIALMOUTHS (Original post can be found here) Yes, it feels good to talk about Twitter after spending a full week discussing Facebook’s major announcement. And why not, a little bit of Google+ too. By...
View ArticleData visualisation: in defence of bad graphics
THE GUARDIAN’S DATABLOG – By Simon Rogers Well, not really – but there is a backlash gathering steam against web data visualisations. Is it deserved? Most popular infographics by Alberto Antoniazzi....
View ArticleFree seminar on data visualization for journalists: “Are you coming?”
” – Hey! Are you coming to the free seminar on data visualisation for journalists this Thursday? – Where is it? – Everywhere! I mean, anywhere you like, it’s broadcast live on the internet at 4pm UK...
View ArticleHow tall are our world leaders? [Visualised]
THE GUARDIAN’S DATA BLOG – By Ami Sedghi It seems we like our political giants to be just that – giants – according to new research. See how they compare in the height stakes • Get the data World...
View ArticleTOP 10 INFOGRAPHICS
AWESOME INFOGRAPHICS Editor’s note: Here is a top 10 of the best data visualisations according to the blog Awesome Infographics, and they are pretty good indeed! Now we want to hear about you: what is...
View ArticleAre You Addicted to Your Mobile Phone [Infographic]
INFOGRAPHICS SHOWCASE This UK-based infographic asks if you are addicted to your mobile phone. They say that 83% of people own mobile phones, and I am thinking they are talking about the population...
View Article15 Well Designed Twitter Infographics
FLASHUSER Infographics are probably the best way to show different statistics ( social media, internet marketing, online advertising etc. ) in a pleasant and enjoyable form. The infographic, in most...
View ArticleMy Year of Data: working data to the extreme?
At the Data Journalism Blog, we admire people who take on a challenge for the sake of open data. This month we found someone who really take the data love to the extreme and decided to collect as much...
View ArticleCorrelation or Causation?
BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK – By Vali Chandrasekaran Need to prove something you already believe? Statistics are easy: All you need are two graphs and a leading question Correlation may not imply causation,...
View ArticleWhen names become data: what your baby’s name says about your royal aspirations
Over the Christmas holidays I was doing some work experience at a national paper. As it was December, people were throwing around ideas to try and decide how to mark the passing year. One article...
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