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Americans’ Valentine’s Day Plans via Social Networking Sites

14 February 2011
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Are you honest about your relationships status on social networking sites? Do you display the name of your significant other on your site? How have you spent this past Valentine’s weekend? How will you spend today? Did you buy or do you plan to buy a gift for your significant other?
These questions and [...]

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Beer and American Football

4 February 2011

Beer and American football. A match made in heaven.
In honor of Superbowl XLV this weekend in Texas showcasing the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Green Bay Packers, I am posting this infographic called “Learn the Language of Beer How to Talk Like a Beer Snob“.

Figure 1 – “How to Talk Like a Beer [...]

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The Mechanics of Moving — A Guide to Avoiding Injuries and Damaged Possessions

2 February 2011
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How many times have you moved from one house or apartment to another in your lifetime? Do you think you know what it takes to move objects, pets, and people? I’ve moved plenty of times in my lifetime, but I am eager to hear of any information that can help me tame the moving beast. [...]

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Your Stomach Really Does Have a Mind of Its Own

26 January 2011
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Have you ever dieted and thought that your stomach controls your brain, not vice versa? Have your ever thought that your stomach has a mind of its own? If so, you may not be far off.
Researchers at the Nestle Corporation have been examining how to create a food that will tell the brain that the [...]

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Starbuck’s Adds the 31 oz “Trenta” to the Menu

18 January 2011
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How big is a 31 oz cold coffee beverage? How can you display the new beverage size so that a layperson like me can understand exactly how oversized the new beverage is?
Starbucks recently announced that they will add a larger size to their menu of beverages — the “Trenta“. As I stated above, the new [...]

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World Population: 7 Billion by the End of 2011

13 January 2011
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Seven billion people. That’s how many people the earth will carry by the end of 2011. I cannot imagine that many people, yet if we all stood shoulder to shoulder, apparently we could all stand in the area of the City of Los Angeles.
National Geographic Magazine has taken on the task of addressing the [...]

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2010 — the Year Mobile Connected the World

27 December 2010
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I’ve only had a smart phone for 10 months, and yet I cannot imagine how I lived without it. Therefore, for your viewing pleasure, I have posted this animation from themobilefuture on the mobile phone in the year 2010. The animation is by http://www.istrategylabs.com.
The authors cite the following statistics (sources not listed):

Massive increase in apps [...]

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Billshrink: Christmas By the Numbers

18 December 2010
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How much has consumer spending during the holiday season changed since the Great Recession began? How does the date of Christmas relate to a Roman pagan holiday? Did you know that a real Christmas tree costs less than a fake one?
Billshrink examines some of the data behind our start-of-winter frenzy with the infographic Christmas [...]

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Our Lives with Data using Data

9 December 2010
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Can you imagine life without Internet access (email, FTP, etc.)? What about Web access (i.e., anything via a browser)? If you have a smartphone, can you imagine not having one again?
GOOD Magazine decided to take a look at our life with data by creating the somewhat cheesy video below.
The video creators write: “from Google [...]

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Thanksgiving

22 November 2010
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I’m going to take this week off, but I wanted to leave you with some “food for thought” this holiday week. The infographic contains some modern Thanksgiving factoids. I hope you enjoy these two videos on Thanksgiving; the first is from the Native American point of view, and the second is about the first Thanksgiving [...]

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