Government 2.0
Local Government first to 2.0. In Australia, Government 2.0 is being pursued at a national level. However, in the US, some big cities have moved first. Here is an article about New York City’s...
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Our Aging Population
Another very nice piece of work visualising data. Our Aging World Visualizing.org is displaying some animated age-pyramids that tell a unique story of the challenges of growth in the coming decades....
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ABS Spotlight
ABS Spotlight The Australian Bureau of Statistics has put together another engaging interactive that personalises the 2006 Australian Census data for the user in an interesting and very visual way....
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Real Time Radiation Monitoring
Real-Time Geiger Counter feeds: This map uses crowd-sourced radiation geiger counter readings from across Japan. Real-Time Geiger Counter Feeds http://japan.failedrobot.com/ There are now hundreds of...
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Evidence-based Planning – Are we serious?
Are we using data effectively to address inequity in our communities? What's Happening? Do we really know what is going on? Are we able to make confident projections? I think not. This is from a piece...
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330 and counting – State of the Climate
The next time some-one, particularly a Politician, suggests climate anomalies and surface warming is not a [the] critical policy challenge of our time, ask them if they would bet their house or their...
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Insight – Regional Australia Institute
Those interested in the public policy [and community] issues of rural and regional Australia will be interested in the excellent work of the Regional Australia Institute. From their site: We run a...
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Data – Nothing to see here!
Ravi Parikh, in his HEAP weblog, offers some advice on “How to Lie with Data Visualization” The importance of “data-literacy” and the cautious, if not skeptical mind, cannot be over-stated in a world...
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Data + Design [2]
Yes, a repeat from WhaleSongServices, but I think it is worth it. I am proud to be a part of the launch of Data + Design @DataDesignBook. A free, open source e-book made by 50+ contributors from...
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Melbourne Cup – The older the better….
Did you know Melbourne Cup Winners are getting older over time? Just for fun… Learn About Tableau
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The World above us..
There are more than 1,200 active satellites orbiting earth right now, taking pictures, relaying communications, broadcasting locations, spying on you, and even housing humans. A database compiled by...
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Harsh Reality..The World is Better!
Confirmation bias, idealogical/doctrinaire policy “imperatives” or good-old special interests are all part of what contributes to our sense of progress in the human condition. Max Roser is a James...
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Renaissance 0 – Middle Ages 1
The vaccination “debate” continues/exists. I checked, it is February 2015. This is the 21st century [by most calendars] Another outstanding contribution to the public-health policy debate [sadly] by...
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All the news, always: Now What?
GDELT is the largest, most comprehensive, and highest resolution open database of human society ever created. Yes, REALLY Big! GDELT is 100 percent free, with the entire dataset available for immediate...
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Does Money Win?
Simply Outstanding Work. http://au.politicaldonations.info Australian donations to political parties visualised. Look closely at the starting state of the visualisation. Do they look like lungs to you?...
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Project Tycho
Project Tycho® is a project at the University of Pittsburgh to advance the availability and use of public health data for science and policy making. Currently, the Project Tycho® database includes data...
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Water Scroller
Katie Park, the graphics editor at The Washington Post recently published an elegant data visualisation of the impact of the Californian drought on water storage levels. California is in the fourth...
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Some thoughts for the new year… The. Hottest. Twelve. Months. EVER… 2015 was Earth’s hottest year by record-wide margin https://t.co/smkEn7VzRz via @NOAA #HottestYear pic.twitter.com/yXrpysDQmQ —...
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Cape Grim
…both metaphorically and now, perhaps literally. The Age reports on the CSIRO findings: Within the next couple of weeks, a remote part of north-western Tasmania is likely to grab headlines around the...
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