Written by A series of excellent annotated charts on the main indicators of the European crisis.
Interest Rates from 1831 to 2011
An interesting long term perspective of interest rates back to 1831
Fascinating chart from Jim Bianco, looking at interest rates back nearly 2 centuries.
Source : Bianco Research LLC
25 Rules of Disinformation
From Twenty-Five Ways To Suppress Truth: The Rules of Disinformation (Includes The 8 Traits of A Disinformationalist) by H. Michael Sweeney. These 25 rules are everywhere in media, from political debates, to television shows, to comments on a blog.
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War – Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan
The Wall Street Journal interactive chart features dots that can be clicked on for a short biography of the dead soldier.
As of August 27, 2003, deaths since Bush declared the end of the war exceeded those during the invasion. Updated daily.
Source :The Wall Street Journal
Associated Press
The web is what you make of it
Tanjore – its one of the most creative Chrome’s adverts !
Inspired by the real story of G. Rajendran, an artist from Tamil Nadu (Southern India) who used the web to bring the dying art of “Tanjore” paintings back to life and became a successful businessman in the process. The art is supposed to have originated in 1600 A.D and is an important part of the local social and cultural heritage.
How Gasoline Is Made from Oil
This project was done for a 3rd year visual communication design course at the Ohio State University, taught by Professor Brian Stone, using Adobe After Effects. The project was based off of two information graphic panels that related to the subject of gasoline prices and consumption.
Type In Motion
Twitter, Facebook, Google Average Salaries
This infographic from Q&A and research hub Focus analyses how much you can make if you’re fortunate enough to work in Silicon Valley, and asks: with the area’s incredibly high cost of living, is it actually worth it?
Highlights from the visual:
- The top-paid engineers at Google can expect to rake in $180,000 per annum, compared with $155,000 at LinkedIn, $150,000 at Facebook and $125,000 at Twitter
- A software engineer who works at Silicon Valley earns an average of $90,000 (across all companies), compared to the national average of $72,000 (for the same position)
- The average tech salary across all positions in the Valley is $92,299. To achieve the same standard of living would cost $74,808 in New York and just $43,459 in Dallas
The Valley’s tech job market: There are currently around 48,000 jobs at internet companies in the Valley – more than there were than during the late 90′s “dot com boom.”
via Focus
Twitter Town Hall with President Obama
Last week, President Barack Obama shared a stage with Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and answered questions that had been posed to him by users of the social network at a Twitter townhall. The president answered questions about the economy and employment, but what kinds of questions did not make the cut?
A new infographic published by InboxQ provides detailed stats about the questions that were asked, how the president replied to those topics and which questions did not quite make the grade.
via inboxq
The Man Without A Facebook
Back in 1993, Mel Gibson directed and starred in a movie called “The Man Without a Face”. If you haven’t seen the film about issues of social exclusion and helping someone on the fringes of society, the trailer below makes it look a bit like a Movie of the Week.
A parody trailer called “The Man Without a Facebook” has hit YouTube. It uses many of the same lines as “The Man Without a Face” and similar issues to show what social life might be in the 21st-century for someone without a Facebook account.
“I’m a genius! I wrote with a pen! On paper!”
Once in a while a friend request will come along that will change your life forever.
Dan De Lorenzo is a comedy writer/director living in nyc
The Man Without A Face
A fatherless boy had almost given up all his dreams… until one man believed in him enough to make them come true.
Director : Mel Gibson
Writers : Isabelle Holland
Casting : Mel Gibson, Nick Stahl, Margaret Whitton
Country : USA
Release Date: 25 August 1993 (USA)
Also Known As : El hombre sin rostro
Storyline
The story of a relationship between a teacher and his troubled pupil. Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town. His face is disfigured from an automobile accident and fire ten years before in which a boy was incinerated and for which he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. He is also suspected of being a pedophile. He is befriended by Chuck, causing the town’s suspicion and hostility to be ignited. McLeod instills in his protege a love of justice and freedom from prejudice which sustains him beyond the end of the film.
Twitter ecoystem : Meet the Tweeters
Twitter adoption among U.S. Internet users has increased by leaps and bounds. A recent Pew Survey of 2,277 adult internet users reveals (not) exactly who is tweeting.
