Out of the blue

Interesting snippets from the world of data

A sign of the times
The nifty little interactive chart below shows key topics featured in US presidents’ state of the union address.  War is unfortunately a constant theme, and health has become a much more common topic.

Global warming is here
If there’s any further proof you need that global warming exists, this is it: average temperatures on the rise over the last 100 years.

The race to a $1m
How quickly do companies make $1m?  Walmart gets there in 1 minute.

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate
US measles massively resurgent after the anti-vaccine campaign in 2014.  Data makes it pretty clear.

New meaning to data dump
Someone with too much time on their hands, this guy logged and visualised his faecal activity for a year.  Lets just hope he doesn’t get into big data…

In other news, we have also moved to Old Street (address below) – please feel free to pop by for a cup of tea or game of table football.

Happy new year everyone!

Mike Cross