2010 Census: Children less than five years old in Chicagoland By Chris Groskopf and Brian Boyer Aug. 7, 2011 This map shows the distribution of children less than five years old in Cook, Lake, Kane, McHenry, Kankakee, Kendall and DuPage counties as reported by the 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot represents a single child Read the story:New U.S. census numbers herald a greater Latino presence in the Chicago area Move your mouse over the map for details. *What do these numbers mean? This map shows one dot for each child less than five years old as reported in the 2010 U.S. 23 glorious geometric patterns in design Lately, we've noticed a lot of designers using geometric patterns, shapes and styles in their logo designs, vector art and more. Using these shapes, the designs become a simple yet wholly striking work of art channelling influences from the design era of art deco. Subscription offer We've rounded up our favourite examples of geometric patterns and designs featuring geometric shapes. 01. Bringing a city together through branding is no easy task, especially when the city in question is a diverse as Melbourne, Australia. Thanks to a clever geometric design, the chunky 'M' logo is flexible enough to reflect the different aspects and personalities of the city. 02. Australian designer, printer and podcaster Olivia King created this beautiful collection of concept packaging, which is suitably called Trigonometry. Thanks to its uniform look and feel, this gorgeous design really elevates the value of the products and packaging. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. Operating out of her studio in St. 09. 10.
Brain Pickings NewsBios | Home of the World's Most Influential Journalists نتيجة بحث Google عن الصور حول Internet Industry 30/10/10 “Golden Ratio” – WollyTech Funnel (also known as Conversion Funnel) is one of the basic concepts of Internet industry, it means that 100 people passing through your site, how many people you can put them into loyal customers. Generally the most basic e-commerce Funnel probably in five steps: 100% – Traffic 20% – Email subscribers (or Facebook Fans) 10% – Join 3% – orders 1% – repeat purchase You can see in front of every step I have added a number, so you get some of the concept for this funnel (these numbers are roughly grasped, each company is different because of its business model). If it is a free smartphone App, the Funnel is about this: 100% – Click Admob / Adsense / iAd Advertising 20% – Download 6% – Open once 2% – Reuse Noted that each site will not have only one Funnel, traffic from different places, often have different first and second conversion rate, for example: SEM (keyword advertising) conversion rates tend to be more higher than SEO (Search engine optimization).
Dialysis Facility Tracker By Robin Fields, Al Shaw, and Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica, Updated October 4, 2013 This site is for dialysis patients and others who want to learn about the quality of care at individual dialysis clinics. Among other things, you can learn how often patients treated at a facility have been hospitalized, report certain types of infections or are placed on the transplant list. The information is submitted by facilities and collected by contractors of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the federal agency that oversees most dialysis care. Related story: Dialysis Data, Once Confidential, Shines Light on Clinic Disparities »
AdAge Top 15 Campaigns of the 21st Century Many ad campaigns over the years have sold soap. Fewer have tried to change societal notions about beauty. Even fewer have tried to do both. The campaign that had its origins in London and Canada with a billboard asking motorists to vote on whether the women pictured were “fat or fit?” Dove’s “Campaign for Real Beauty” is the only campaign cited by every one of the Advertising Age judges as belonging on this list, and one that was described by the panel as groundbreaking, brave, bold, insightful, transparent and authentic. Last century, Listerine made it on to the list of Advertising Age’s “Top 100 Ad Campaigns of the 20th Century” with its “Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride” campaign, an approach tailored and imitated often throughout the century to feed on women’s insecurities and remind them they needed to improve their attractiveness. At the very least, the 10-year-old campaign changed the conversation in advertising and beyond. Did Dove play a role in those numbers? Ms. Ms.
LLC Working Vocabulary: Responsive Grid Behaviors Responsive web design needs a vocabulary: a set of terms to describe how interfaces flex, transform, and adapt across displays. While prototypes demonstrate complex behaviors, designers working on the responsive web don’t have a common language to discuss and critique those behaviors outside the code. Perhaps you’ve heard comments like these: “This thing needs to […] Maintaining Trust in Coworking Settings While coworking can mitigate some issues surrounding working remotely, it also comes with its own risks. Where’s My New Prototype? Compared to wireframes, HTML prototypes – especially for first-timers – can take more time to generate an initial set of ideas. The Power of Sketches: How We Sold a Huge Project Shift with 5 Index Cards Last year, EightShapes was engaged by The Heritage Foundation to create a publicly accessible online version of their published book, The Guide to the Constitution. 6 Tips for Organizing Sketched Artifacts
Look At This : NPR I’m Wes Lindamood, an interaction designer on the NPR Visuals team. I’ll be joining you here on Look At This from time to time to explore design, technology and (I hope) some interesting stories about how we see the world. Today’s rabbit hole: Faces in things. "Ooh - I think I hear the recycling truck!"— @FacesPics A funny photo showed up in my Twitter feed a few weeks ago, and it was the most delightful thing I saw all day. This reminded me of the work of Seoul-based art collective Shinseungback Kimyonghun. In Cloud Face, they point their cameras to the sky to do some cloud watching. Thanks to Mozilla developer Heather Arthur, facial recognition also exists for cats. that these humans look like cats … and that these cats look like humans: (Photos via Shinseungback Kimyonghun) While I don’t find the results of their project particularly compelling, I am fascinated by these false positives, and the unique perspective of algorithmic vision. Where’s the cat in this photo?