Data Visualization, Information Design and Infographics

Online Master of Arts in History As part of its flagship history program, the University offers its Master of Arts in History online degree. This popular graduate history degree takes students on an academic journey exploring the key historic events, people, and cultures that fundamentally shaped the world today. Through research, discussion, and analysis, students also attain a knowledgeable perspective of how future societies and nations might progress. History graduate students are offered the flexibility of choosing from some of the most favored eras including American, Ancient and Classical, European, Global, and Public History.

theconversation If you work in an open-plan, hot-desking environment, you have probably at some point found yourself trudging through the office, clutching your belongings, in search of a free desk. This feeling of homelessness is an increasing issue in society more broadly – and in the workplace, employees’ well-being is traded in for the company’s bottom line. These were some of my conclusions after spending three years studying an organisation that moved to a hot-desk environment. Like many companies, it had switched to hot-desking to reduce property costs and enable precious office space to be used flexibly. The Interest In Pinterest: The Ten Things We Love (and Hate) Infographic Oh, there is interest in Pinterest, the visual social sharing site. But is the site that, in its first month, became the #1 source for referring web traffic (over Google+, Reddit, and LinkedIn combined) a “colossal waste of time,” and “only good as a platform for scrap-booking,” or will its “stellar design” help it keep moving it into the #2 social site? A few interesting findings to make you sound smarter at the water-cooler:

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2018 Minimum Wage by State The table below reflects current state minimum wages in effect as of Jan.1, 2018, as well as future enacted increases. Summary 2018 Highlights Eighteen states began the new year with higher minimum wages. Are Tablets Taking Over? When Apple launched the iPad in 2010, it was a huge success. Without many comparable competitors, the iPad enjoyed a large slice of market share for many months. Recently, the tablet market has widened a bit with the release of Amazon’s new Kindle Fire: analysts are seeing a drop in Apple’s share of the tablet market. In a study from September last year, ComScore found that 75% of tablet owners accessed email on their device that month and 35% read email almost every day.