Blog Posts in May 2010

Comments Interactive map of the nations dumbest drivers by Ross Perez - May. 27th 2010 Ever wonder why New York traffic seems so insane? Yes, there are tons of people on the road, but a new survey of licensed drivers nationwide by GMAC Insurance shows that nearly 40% of licensed New York drivers would not even be able to pass the written drivers test. See ... Category Travel and Lifestyle Read more...	Comments How many full time HR employees does your organization need? by Ross Perez - May. 25th 2010 Steve Wexler at i4cp is frequently asked a difficult question: "How many full time HR employees should my organization have." In an attempt to answer it, Steve enlisted Tableau Public and a recent HR survey to create the following ... Category Business and Real Estate Read more...
Comments Visualizing the growth in cosmetic surgery by Ross Perez - May. 19th 2010 Would you believe that nearly 13M people had a cosmetic procedure last year? Thanks to a dataset just released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons that we found on the Category Health and Science Read more...	Comments Carpe Diem investigates milk production further by Ross Perez - May. 18th 2010 Sometimes, data takes on a life of its own! After looking through our gallery and seeing the amazing analysis of milk cow production that Kate Golden at Wisconsin ... Category Government and Public Data Read more...
Comments Vizzing the Sunlight Design for America Contest by Ross Perez - May. 17th 2010 Take a look at the visualizations we created for the Sunlight Foundations Design for America contest. Best of luck to all of our fellow contestants - there are ... Category Government and Public Data Read more...	Comments Riding the Dow Rollercoaster by Ross Perez - May. 11th 2010 Thursday marked the second largest single day drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average since the Great Depression. However, the rebound on Friday was similarly robust. The shock was violent enough to encourage regulators to push for Category Business and Real Estate Read more...
Comments Wisconsin Watch: Milk Cows Peaked in WWII by Ellie Fields - May. 8th 2010 From Kate Golden at Wisconsin Watch, the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, we learn that milk cows in Wisconsin are producing 3 times as much milk per cow ... Category Health and Science Read more...	Comments YouTube Surprise Superstars by Ellie Fields - May. 6th 2010 Coming back from Web 2.0 Expo last night I was reading in Wired about how YouTube elevated unknowns to become major (well, major on the Internet) stars. Given all the buzz about the iPad at the event I couldn't help but wonder what it would be like to read the ... Category Travel and Lifestyle Read more...
Comments Tableau Public at Web 2.0 by Ross Perez - May. 5th 2010 Thanks to everyone who took the time to stop by the Tableau booth at Web 2.0. We were overwhelmed by your positive response and in-depth questions. You ran us clear out of materials! Also, thanks to everyone who came to our party Tuesday night (below), especially Category Travel and Lifestyle Read more...