Nuno Prospero dos Santos » dataviz http://www.nunoprospero.com/blog Mens Agitat Molem - "Mind moves Matter" Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:02:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Word as Image http://www.nunoprospero.com/blog/2011/10/word-as-image/ http://www.nunoprospero.com/blog/2011/10/word-as-image/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:21:12 +0000 nuno http://www.nunoprospero.com/blog/?p=738 Challenge: Create an image out of a word, using only the letters in the word itself.

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]]> http://www.nunoprospero.com/blog/2011/03/a-century-of-meat/feed/ 0 If it were my home http://www.nunoprospero.com/blog/2011/01/if-it-were-my-home/ http://www.nunoprospero.com/blog/2011/01/if-it-were-my-home/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:22:40 +0000 nuno http://www.nunoprospero.com/blog/?p=494 Um site interessante para comparar dados estatisticos entre vários países, aos pares. Por exemplo: Portugal vs UK e Portugal vs Brasil. (thanx Bruno!)

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]]> http://www.nunoprospero.com/blog/2010/11/whos-suing-who/feed/ 1 World Map of Social Networks http://www.nunoprospero.com/blog/2009/10/world-map-of-social-networks/ http://www.nunoprospero.com/blog/2009/10/world-map-of-social-networks/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:34:06 +0000 nuno http://www.nunoprospero.com/blog/?p=285 Algumas ideias soltas:

  • Domínio global do facebook;
  • Portugal é o refúgio europeu do hi5;
  • Brasil e Índia com Orkut;
  • China tem a sua própria rede;
  • Rússia e outros países da ex-URSS partilham uma rede;
  • Mais de metade de África nem sequer aparece no mapa…

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]]> http://www.nunoprospero.com/blog/2009/10/world-map-of-social-networks/feed/ 0 Infographics about the Web http://www.nunoprospero.com/blog/2009/09/infographics-about-the-web/ http://www.nunoprospero.com/blog/2009/09/infographics-about-the-web/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:44:02 +0000 nuno http://www.nunoprospero.com/blog/?p=276 In this article, you’ll discover a variety of infographics and visualizations associated with the internet. You might just learn a thing or two about the web by looking at these awesome artworks!

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]]> http://www.nunoprospero.com/blog/2009/09/infographics-about-the-web/feed/ 0 World Mapper: A different perspective http://www.nunoprospero.com/blog/2008/11/world-mapper-a-different-perspective/ http://www.nunoprospero.com/blog/2008/11/world-mapper-a-different-perspective/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:36:26 +0000 nuno http://www.nunoprospero.com/?p=147 A few days ago, I received an email with this website (thx Isabel), with the tag line: “The world as you’ve never seen it before”:

http://www.worldmapper.org/

World Poverty

This site has a huge database with maps, correlating several indicators, population density and countries dimensions. It reminded me a brilliant talk by Hans Roling on TED. It’s hard to understand the huge gap between the countries in many indicators. The question is: what can you do to change the situation?

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