How we describe ourselves, according to online dating profiles

June 2, 2011 to Mapping • Share on Twitter • Comments (6)

The traditional way to gauge who we are as a country, state, or city is to turn to Census data for population, salaries, and family size. Many interesting stories can come from this data and it's indispensable in making country-wide decisions and policies, but it only glosses the surface. Census data doesn't so much tell us who we are than it tells what we are. Media artist Roger Luke DuBois takes a different type of census — from online dating profiles — called A More Perfect Union.
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Find everywhere you can go in 15 minutes or less

June 1, 2011 to Mapping • Share on Twitter • Comments (9)

A lot of the time when making plans to meet up with friends or family, you're not so concerned with how far possible locations are than you are how long it takes to get there. Similarly, when deciding where to live relative to your workplace, you care more about how long it takes to get to work in the morning than you do how many miles away it is. Mapnificent lets you do this. Place the pin on the map, and see where you can get in a specified amount of time via public transportation or bicycle.
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Make shaped word clouds with Tagxedo

June 1, 2011 to Misc. Visualization • Share on Twitter • Comments (7)

Love 'em or hate 'em, tag clouds, or the more recent incarnation, Wordles, are everywhere (especially in slide presentations). Well, Wordle wasn't enough. I mean, you can't even make shapes with it. Gees. That's where Tagxedo comes in. It works pretty much just like Wordle, except you have one more option. You can select from a variety of shapes to arrange your words into. Score.

[Tagxedo | Thanks, Tom]