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Radiolab: The official merch vote!

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:41:52 -0500

So, this is awesome. Ellen Horne, executive producer on Radiolab, got in touch to say that everyone on the show loved the artwork from the print set so much that WNYC want to turn it into official merch, the sale of which will then hopefully go on to benefit the show and the station even further. So as of now, they’re asking for your votes on what you’d like to see made into totes/tees. As I said, awesome.

I am honored to be giving a short presentation at The...

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:03:00 -0500

I am honored to be giving a short presentation at The Economist’s World in 2010 summit on Monday. Part of my presentation is based on word frequencies I found within the issue of The Economist that accompanies this event.

This project represents the first time I have put Processing to practical use. While I am still much faster at hand-crafting the visualizations, I wrote (with considerable help) a little program that compares a list of search terms to the text of the magazine and returns each term’s frequency.

The term “California” appears 23 times in the magazine.

A dead sketch from an editorial piece I was developing that...

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:53:13 -0500

A dead sketch from an editorial piece I was developing that attempts to compare the relative impacts for a New Yorker of enjoying local and imported beers in bottle, can and draft forms.

woodswoodswoods: In Radiolab We Trust is a limited set of prints to benefit Radiolab and WNYC, New...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:21:44 -0500

woodswoodswoods:

In Radiolab We Trust is a limited set of prints to benefit Radiolab and WNYC, New York Public Radio. Five prints by myself, Frank Chimero, Nicholas Felton, Meg Hunt and Impactist. Available now!

analogue diagrams

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:39:47 -0500

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visual analysis of a piece of music from a color-theory class with vasily kandinsky_1930 heinrich-siegfried bormann 1909-1982

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Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:13:52 -0500

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Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:09:07 -0500

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humanhand: nevver: Polish Space Stamps 1963

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:18:30 -0500

humanhand:

nevver:

Polish Space Stamps 1963

Photo

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:34:33 -0500

http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/papers/foram_assemblages/fig6t...

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:08:00 -0500

http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/papers/foram_assemblages/fig6travbx.jpg

This was an amazing section from the last issue…...

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:13:19 -0500

This was an amazing section from the last issue…

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redesigning graphics from 1950s science textbooks by R.A. Gallant (via Wired)

Choose your own adventure visualizations

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:28:00 -0500

Choose your own adventure visualizations:

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In conjunction with the relaunch of their website, CNN asked me...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:14:45 -0500

In conjunction with the relaunch of their website, CNN asked me to examine their web statistics and create a visual record of the site’s last 13 years. We were both interested in telling a larger story about the growth of the Internet and the public’s changing media habits through the lens of such an influential and heavily trafficked site.

The process started by determining what metrics might hold an interesting narrative, and which ones were available over the entire lifespan of the site. CNN was able to provide me with daily page views, the top 20 days for each year and the most popular pages on those days. I was also provided with monthly category views and lists of the nations visiting the site.

The spike chart of average weekly page views forms the centerpiece of the chart. The busiest 10 weeks are called out, and the events associated with the week are highlighted below the x-axis… along with other events of cultural significance or large week-over-week gains. I also tracked the absolute and relative growth of their site categories over time, and highlighted several unique metrics at the top of the chart, including the busiest and slowest days of the year, and the number of countries that visit the site (192 at last count). Finally, to put everything in context, I found milestones in the history of the Internet for each year which I placed along the bottom of the chart to create context for the narrative.

Ultimately, I think the most fascinating story here is the change in our news habits after September 11, 2001. After this day, a new and higher baseline for visits to the site is established, and the inference is that this event really established CNN.com and the greater Internet as a reliable, timely and indispensable source for news.