Global Population Density at a Glance (Infographic) Fathom Information Design/Promo image This population density map is making the rounds on the blogs today, to near-universal acclaim. And for good reason; it might be the most intuitive look at global pop. density ever cobbled together. The brainchild of Fathom Information Design, 'Dencity' uses small pixels to connote density, big ones to convey wide-open, unpopulated spaces. Fast Company explains why the design works: In the visual syntax of infographics and maps, bigger equals... well, bigger. Fathom Information Design/Promo image I don't really get what's so unorthodox about this; to me, it seems downright intuitive. China. Counterintuitive or not, it is indeed a brilliantly effective way to convey where population centers are grouped, and where there's still free range. Click here to view a larger image.
Ex-judge: Venezuelan government manipulates rulings People walk in front of Venezuela's courthouse headquarters in Caracas on April 9, 2012. NEW: Ex-judge said the nation's prosecutors had asked him to "orchestrate cases"Venezuela's foreign minister says the ex-judge "sold his soul to the devil"Costa Rican official: The DEA flew Eladio Aponte Aponte to the United States this weekVenezuelan officials accuse him of connections with an alleged drug trafficker (CNN) -- An ex-judge accusing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of manipulating court rulings is a fugitive who "sold his soul to the devil" when he agreed to talk with U.S. investigators, the nation's foreign minister said Thursday. "People like him will keep being defeated and his lies will be unveiled," Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said. "They just asked for favors that I complied with. And woe be the judge that refused to cooperate. ... CNN has not independently confirmed the former justice's accusations. In recent years, the U.S. The U.S. Mauricio Boraschi said U.S. The U.S.
America by Population Group Images below are via Radical Cartography (h/t Foseti) Similar US maps available for percent Native American and percent Pacific Islander A higher percent European population is generally seen in lower crime and higher income regions. A higher percentage of persons of African descent is generally seen in high crime, low income regions. The "hispanic" category is misleading and confused. As one would expect with such a confused category, crime and poverty rates associated with a high "hispanic" percentage are mixed. As with the hispanic category, the "Asian" category can refer to a wide range of population groups, from East Asians to South Asians to Southeast Asians, etc. Murder Rate per 100,000 in Large Cities Trulia Crime Maps The above map has a link to the Trulia.com crime map website, which will provide you with an incredible amount of "neighborhood-level" detail for crime in whichever city you select. Download full PDF report: Color of Crime Of course, it could be a lot worse.
Yap.TV Helps Networks Reach Your Second Screen The social TV app yap.TV is launching Live Pulse, a button that informs users that live synced content is available while they are watching a show, the company announced today. Besides Live Pulse, the startup is also introducing a CMS that lets broadcasters and content owners manage their own second screen experience. According to its co-founders, this is fairly unique in the second screen space. Yet it doesn’t mean that yap.TV doesn’t have competitors. As we reported, TV companion apps have mushroomed over the last few months, with players such as GetGlue, Miso, TVCheck, Umami.TV and Zeebox all fighting for eyeballs. So what is it about yap.TV that caught Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak’s attention enough for him to come on board as an advisor? AH: Can you tell us about yap.TV and its team? Shawn Cunningham: I am one of the company’s three co-founders, together with Trevor Stout and Marius Seritan. As for the product itself, the best way to describe it is as a social TV guide.
Census 2011 interactive: find out the truth about where you live | UK news Ethnicity On the rise Below are the ethnic groups whose populations have grown most in your area between 2001 and 2011. Overall growth is expressed as a percentage change. The figures under the circles to the right indicate the number of people in these groups in each of the two years. People Falling Below are the ethnic groups whose populations have declined most in your area between 2001 and 2011. National Religion Below are the religious groups whose populations have grown most in your area between 2001 and 2011 based on answers to the voluntary question: 'What is your religion?' Below are the religious groups whose populations have declined most in your area between 2001 and 2011 based on answers to the voluntary question: 'What is your religion?' Industry (men) The top three Below are the top industries employing males in the 2001 and 2011 census. Industry (women) Below are the top industries employing females in the 2001 and 2011 census. Household Composition
EMMYS: Made For TV/Miniseries Economics Ray Richmond is a contributor to AwardsLine Just when everyone assumed that the original television miniseries was either dead or restricted to being the loss-leader indulgence of HBO, up pops History Channel’s Hatfields & McCoys in May to show the world that if you make a three-night event on a compelling subject with big stars (Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton) and a quality pedigree, the masses will still flock. Hatfields averaged nearly 14 million total viewers nightly, building to 14.3 million on Night 3 to become the most-watched entertainment telecast of all time on ad-supported cable. Despite that success, so few miniseries are being done that the TV Academy last year was obliged to merge TV movies and miniseries into a single category. The thing is, few areas of primetime television have changed more in the last 20 years than the longform business. that mirror independent film financing more than a traditional TV deal. Typical of how miniseries get made in the UK is the way that
Census Maps Using Word Frequency From 19 Million Dating Website Profiles Chicago area Each decade the United States government embarks on a census of its entire population in order to update population numbers and demographic information that aids in the allocation of Congressional seats, electoral votes, and government program funding. But as helpful and interesting as this data is, what does it really tell us about who we are? To join a dating site you have to, quite literally, “put yourself out there”, describing yourself for the express purpose of being liked. I joined twenty-one dating sites in order to make my own census of the United States in 2010. These maps contain 20,262 unique words, based on the analysis of online dating profiles from 19,095,414 single Americans. Below are some examples of maps where locations are substituted with words people used to describe themselves. Central Texas California Michigan DuBois also used the data to generate heatmaps helping to draw comparisons between specific terms county by county. “Bored” (male vs. female)
Movie Mania When most people think of alternative investments they think of gold, oil and gas pipelines or inverse market strategies. They don't often think of independently produced movies like Sex, Lies and Videotape, Reservoir Dogs or Sideways. Indeed, it's rare that people think of independent movies as investments at all-because it's rare that they make any money. Add to that the current problem of the last couple of years-a huge glut of indie films coming to market with not enough places or public interest to show them-and the outlook for these investments gets even worse. Of course, some films such as My Big Fat Greek Wedding stroll out of left field and make all sorts of bank from a tiny investment, keeping hope alive. "Typically, the only people who make money in film deals are the promoters," says Larry Ginsburg, a CFP licensee with Ginsburg Financial Advisors in Oakland, Calif.