Tag Archives: statistics
Client Work: Google's Acquisition Appetite
Posted on 24. Aug, 2010 by admin.
So I have seen plenty of giant lists of Google’s acquisitions and I knew there was a better way to display that info. So I combined a bunch of variables and data points from each acquisition into a single chart. Is it too complex? Too many variables? useful? Interesting? Let me know. This is definitely [...]
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Client Work: The History of Search
Posted on 03. Aug, 2010 by admin.
This one is quite large. A visual history of Search and what it took, who it took, to make it possible to find stuff on the web. Starts in 1994 and goes on up to Google’s dominance. To support my work, please digg, retweet or otherwise spread the good word!
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Client work: Chartity, who cares?
Posted on 11. Dec, 2009 by admin.
So being the holiday season, Mint.com and I decided to do some relevant infographics. This one details the charity situation in the US, who gives, hoe much, where it goes. Some interesting facts: There are some charities that only give 4 cents of every dollar donated to actual recipients. 4 cents! Those should be shut [...]
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Client work: United States vs Russia
Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by admin.
Here is one in a series I am doing for Mint.com. It is a comparison of the United States and Russia over 100 factors. I have used the same format in comparing China, Canada and Mexico, and India. Pretty popular stuff, with over 4500 Diggs between them. The first thing most people notice is that [...]
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Death and Taxes 2010 – Data only.
Posted on 16. Jun, 2009 by admin.
So the data collection and processing part of the project is finished. I decided to post up the data that I will be using so peope can read it, check it, or do whatever they like. I will pretty much be importing into the poster as is, though I still need to add a bunch [...]
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A question of percentages – need input
Posted on 25. May, 2009 by admin.
So one of the first issues to arise in creating the Death and Taxes poster for 2010 is that of percentages. Normally, for all the data points I list the Agency/Program name, followed by the dollar amount, then the percentage change from last year. However this year it’s a bit tricky because all of the [...]