Courtesy of The Guardian this time, an interactive ‘heat map’ visualisation based on the recently-leaked British National Party (BNP) membership list.
It looks great, but is fundamentally flawed. For example, the parliamentary constituency of Charnwood has a population of approximately 630,000 and 82 BNP members: a population/BNP ratio of 7,700:1. The Guardian’s map rates it at the [...]
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Visualisations: Guardian Gets it Wrong
Motrin: More than Measurement
I’ve been fascinated by the social media industry metacommentary surrounding this weekend’s #motrinmoms twitterstorm, which has features a heavy research and measurement theme. Many commentators list posting and viewing statistics, to varying levels of detail. Posts by Jeremiah Owyang and znetlady in particular give good summaries of key volumetrics attached to the controversy.
Everyone loves statistics, [...]
Trolled Media
It was fun to see The Economist weigh in on social media last week. I actually feel a bit happier about its remarks than many industry bloggers. I even found some points to agree with: particularly its differentiation of potential business value between blogging as an engagement strategy and catalyst for cultural change, and the [...]
20 Useful Visualization Libraries
Some really useful stuff here. Please, just don’t overdo it…
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