The Geography of Jobs - TIP Strategies
Map below has been updated to reflect data through May 2012. Click on the map to see the animation. Map Highlights This animated map provides a striking visual of employment trends over the last business cycle using net change in jobs from the U.S. The timeline begins in 2004 as the country starts its recovery from the 2001 recession, following the bursting of the dot-com bubble. Equally telling is the short-lived expansion of construction- and real estate-related job growth in Sun Belt states, such as California, Florida, Georgia, and Arizona, during the middle of the decade as the nation’s appetite for new homes increases. By 2007, regional evidence of the coming economic downturn starts to appear. Even as much of the nation was showing clear signs of entering into recession, New York City continued to boom as the flow of easy credit (much of it related to the speculation in the housing sector) stimulated employment growth in the nation’s financial center. Strategic Response
Should I Work for Free?
Follow The Money
by Maria Popova Visual economics, or what virtual currencies have to do with real neighbors. Money makes the world go ’round. Or so the saying goes. Whether or not that’s true, money does go around the world, wrapping it in an invisible web of socioeconomic and geopolitical patterns. Northwestern University grad students Daniel Grady and Christian Thiemann are on a mission to visualize these patterns. This may sound like dry statistical uninterestingness, but the video visualization of the results is rather eye-opening, revealing how money — not state borders, not political maps, not ethnic clusters — is the real cartographer drawing our cultural geography. When we made the video, we wanted to produce something that anybody could watch and understand what was happening, but at the same time we didn’t want to have to dumb down any of the ideas.” ~ Daniel Grady The project was a winner at the 2009 Visualization Challenge sponsored by the National Science Foundation and AAAS and.
What strategy for a green recovery?
Did We Read the Same Plan? Apollo, Obama, and the Real Deal Few have been more enthusiastic about Obama’s recovery plan than the Apollo Alliance, which sees it as the culmination of their hopes to re-energize the US economy through “green” technology. The President-elect himself spent much of his energy between election and inauguration attempting to dampen those hopes and expectations, warning us that change will not come overnight, and asking us to bear with him with faith in his intentions. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, presumably drawn up with Obama’s blessing, would, to hear it described by Keith Schneider of the Apollo Alliance, usher in the green millennium. Unfortunately, it doesn’t quite do that. I don’t know that the leaders of Apollo accept or understand the limitations of energy and resources. As an organizer, I see three things that need to happen to take advantage of the opportunities the new administration and Congress present.
How to win Rock-paper-scissors every time
I admit it. When I first heard there are actual tournaments for Rock-paper-scissors, sanctioned by the World Rock Paper Scissors Society, I laughed. I mean seriously, $50k to the winner of a game that requires no skill whatsoever? Rock-paper-scissors isn't just a silly game kids play or a way to decide who has to be the designated driver at parties. Males have a tendency to throw rock on their first try, inexperienced RPS players will subconsciously deliver the item that won previously, and paper is thrown least often, so use it as a surprise.
50 Great Examples of Data Visualization
Wrapping your brain around data online can be challenging, especially when dealing with huge volumes of information. And trying to find related content can also be difficult, depending on what data you’re looking for. But data visualizations can make all of that much easier, allowing you to see the concepts that you’re learning about in a more interesting, and often more useful manner. Below are 50 of the best data visualizations and tools for creating your own visualizations out there, covering everything from Digg activity to network connectivity to what’s currently happening on Twitter. Music, Movies and Other Media Narratives 2.0 visualizes music. Liveplasma is a music and movie visualization app that aims to help you discover other musicians or movies you might enjoy. Tuneglue is another music visualization service. MusicMap is similar to TuneGlue in its interface, but seems slightly more intuitive. Digg, Twitter, Delicious, and Flickr Internet Visualizations
What Design Can't Do
Article by Christopher SimmonsSeptember 1, 2010 Years ago, inspired by something I heard Terry Irwin describe, I created a diagram to explain to clients just where design fits into their business plan. It was as much about managing expectations as it was about selling the value of design. Concentric model of a strong brand. At the center of any organization is its leadership—an individual or small group of partners on whose vision the organization is founded. Next are the people—the managers, directors, employees, members, volunteers, etc., who believe in the leader's vision. After that is the product. The product (which can also be a service) must be supported by a strategy. Finally, there is design. If you want to be a brand, I tell clients, you must work from the inside out. Critics will say that this is an outmoded view of design—one that relegates the designer to the role of a stylist who merely dresses up an idea after all the hard decisions have been made. What design can do
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