Je profite de ce réveil moins tardif qu’à mon habitude pour un 1er janvier pour vous souhaiter la bonne année à ma façon. Pour bien commencer 2012 je vous invite à redécouvrir ce détournement de “datavision” ou “infographies” (qui au passage ont tant parsemées 2011) représentant des coktails :
Vous en conviendrez, un guide indispensable pour une bonne année 2012.
via Abduzeedo.
The electricity bill (or all utility bills, really) haven’t changed much over the years. It’s basically computer output. Power2Switch, a site that helps you compare electricity prices, took a stab at redesigning the barebones bill. (Don’t miss the comments in the FastCompany post.)
Boarding Pass Fail is also cool if you haven’t seen their redesigns.
Former detainees and defectors have identified the locations, agencies responsible, torture methods used, and, in many cases, the commanders in charge of 27 detention facilities run by Syrian intelligence agencies.
The systematic patterns of ill-treatment and torture that Human Rights Watch documented clearly point to a state policy of torture and ill-treatment and therefore constitute a crime against humanity.
Check out the interactive map here.
Wow — Americans buy a lot of fireworks. And if you’re lucky enough to live in a state that embraces fireworks freedom, there’s no better way to celebrate the 4th than with a few giant explosions! Here’s our primer on how to put together a bangin’ backyard fireworks display (without a license).
Who’s Been Working In America?
Jobs are definitely a top of mind subject. Did you know that manufacturing jobs were the largest sector of employment in 1960, yet today the category has fallen to 6th place? In this interactive visualization, browse who has been working in America over the past 50 years by sector, gender or age. Or take a look at GE’s expert opinion on the subject and tweet your own thoughts about key insights uncovered. This is best viewed in Safari, Chrome, Firefox and IE9.
myNoSQL: Data Science and Data Scientists
Hal Varian[1] said a couple of years ago[2]:
The sexy job in the next ten years will be statisticians.
While Hal Varian’s call it statisticians, others have been using terms like data scientists. But what is data science? O’Reilly has long but very interesting article on…
myloveforyouisastampedeofdata:
Visualizing Citations
Guide des cocktails illustrés pour une bonne année 2012
koch campaign contributions at the state-level in 2010. orange is donor (affiliated with koch), grey is recipient. circles are sized by amount of money donated/received. the previous visualization aimed to understand the structure of the data (as well as gaining some insights—long chains may suggest shell companies/organizations). this graph seeks to understand the basics: where is the money flowing?
