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Most Popular Social Networks Around the World

This (French) visualization shows what the most popular social networks are around the world. I’ve always found it interesting how some regions will rally around a certain social network, even though others have clear benefits. (larger image on Le Monde.fr; via Neatorama via Geek Like Me)


Baseball: Does Salary Have an Impact on Performance?

Ben Fry, PhD., has updated his “Salary vs. Performance” visualization for the 2007 season. The visualization compares how much money each team spends on their roster (i.e. total of all salaries for every player on their team) with their performance to date. Teams in blue are getting their money’s worth, whereas teams in the red [...]


Shneiderman: Designing for a Minority is Good for the Majority

Usability forefather Ben Shneiderman was the keynote speaker at Aging by Design 2006 at Bentley College this week. His overall message was that by making things universally accessible and usable for a sub-population (such as seniors), we are helping everyone. He cited examples such as closed captioning, which is used by not just deaf people, [...]


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