Amelia Morgan 222.302 Blog. The OECD Better life index is a ranking system that ranks cities in the world according to wellbeing.
From the site: “There is more to life than the cold numbers of GDP and economic statistics – This Index allows you to compare well-being across countries, based on 11 topics the OECD has identified as essential, in the areas of material living conditions and quality of life.” There are 11 categories that form the basis of the ranking system. Australia is #1 in the ranking system, and NZ is # 3 . Aus bet NZ in these categories: - Housing -Income - Governance - Health - Life Satisfaction - Safety HOWEVER, NZ did pretty damn well, and bet Aus in these categories: - Jobs - Community - Education - Environment -Work/life balance From here I could choose one of these 5 areas to focus on and promote NZ in this way…community? This website is awesome!! A World Map That Doubles As A Bio Of Its Creator. While our new smartphones track our every footprint with self-generating maps -- see James Bridle’s recent book of iPhone maps that pinpointed his location over the course of a year -- Carlos Romo Melgar’s "Cosmographies" goes in the opposite direction with some necessary view-from-his-world corrective.
They’re a map/infographic hybrid, like if Nicholas Felton’s annual Feltron Report got processed through Saul Steinberg’s "View of the World. " The maps are a record of Melgar's own movements and favorite places, a mental scan of the city in which the planimetric is personal. [Click to view larger] In the image above, gray flags denote friend’s houses -- Ceci, Juan, Elena Alvar -- and blue flags, for the gym, locate his regular hot spots. Chamartin, a little-admired train station by the Spanish architect team Corrales y Molezun, is highlighted because it’s Melgar’s hometown stop on the train. See more of Melgar’s work here. December 2012 / January 2013.
The Online Magazine revolution. 0inShareinShare0 You know the old saying – Why wait for someone else to publish your stuff when you can publish it yourself? …Actually come to think of it, that may be something I pulled out of thin air just this second, but it certainly rings true when we look at the emerging world of online magazines, and the potential they have for many brands and businesses. There are already companies which have been producing their own print publications for years. Qantas’ The Australian Way is one example. However, with a 23% increase in online advertising revenue in the first quarter of this year alone, it’s perhaps old news that online is clearly the place to be.
Previously, an online magazine simply referred to the website of an existing print publication, but now we’re seeing that online magazines can become the new way to deliver effective, targeted content to a brand’s audiences. 1. 2. …And encourages others to toot (or Tweet) it as well. 3. 4. 5. 64 Reasons To Love Land Rover.