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Client work: Chartity, who cares?

Posted on 11. Dec, 2009 by Jess.

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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 Jess.

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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 are [...]

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Death and Taxes 2010 - Data only.

Posted on 16. Jun, 2009 by Jess.

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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 Jess.

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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 stimulous [...]