Danger of Fracking explained
Great storytelling through an informative design that helps explain the environmental costs of fracking for natural gas
Women tweet about Valentine’s Day about twice as often as men, and are much more positive in tone when discussing the holiday. More data c/o NM Incite’s blog post
Fresh Impressions on Brandmarks, by a 5-year-old (via AdamLaddVideos)
Pretty astute and adorable observations. If you have to overthink a logo, you’re usually doing it wrong.
Grammys 2012 buzz: Song of the Year
courtesy of NMincite, who have data about nominees in more categories
via beatonna:
Chris Brown is performing at the Grammy Awards and it’s a big fuss! I had to remind myself why so I went and looked up this old newspaper from 2009.
Trying to get a better sense of how we talk about, define the hipster
via thesociologist:
“Almost by definition, real hipsters are not artists. They’re curators and critics, re-mixers and designers, the copywriters and “prosumers” who trail in the artists’ wake. At best, it seems, they’re art students: aspiring cultural savants who collect the names and slogans of past avant-gardes to hoard or brandish conspicuously, like capital.”
“What are we not talking about when we’re talking about the hipster? For example, criticizing the hipster is often a way of discussing gentrification and neighborhood change — while exempting oneself from the process. Figured as scapegoats, hipsters ruin neighborhoods by driving up rents with their parental subsidies, while the non-hipsters just … live there. Which is a totally ridiculous conceit.”
Get yours here on n+1 if you are into urban sociology (or owning a book with a pink cover).
Visualizing the N.F.L. Players Mentioned Most on “SportsCenter”
US Map revealing holiday travel patterns using Foursquare checkins in 2010
“Let’s see how the competition goes…”
Just to beat a dead horse, after seeing the post noting Apple’s iPhone business now brings in more revenue than all of Microsoft’s businesses combined, Jason Hiner reminded me of Steve Ballmer’s classic 2007 video laughing off the iPhone announcement (above).
Why is it more interesting to spend an evening with this book than with a beautiful woman?
via ilovecharts:
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