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for all you demographic data junkies, infographic addicts and aspiring sociologists check out www.measureofamerica.org visually mapping of all kinds of data, from income and health measures to toxic emissions and environmental indicators. all rolling up to a “human development index” that shows in clear view the growing disparity in “healthy” america and the rural [...]

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multi-touch os for mac? well..sort of. it ain’t evil stevie, or the master of interactive pixels jeff han. but it shows that mainstream multi-touch is comin soon.
more from Gizmodo.

nytimes interactive map here. courtesy of psfk.

damn you Noah!… I’m insanely jealous for not thinking of this first ;) welcome friends to brandtags.net
The main idea:

the end result:

contribute to the clouds, through a multitude of brands yourself and watch the tagclouds grow. will be interesting… will it organically and naturally populate? will brands freak out and get their pr agencies [...]

courtesy of the Texas Chili Parlor Mens Room. Austin, Tx.

I usually don’t do the old cut and paste on trade articles, but this one is a keeper. From David Armano’s Brand Interactions are Our Future.. But Are Interaction Designers Part of Our Agency?, this piece is telling and also a great summary of why I left my day job to go it alone [...]

Need a break from your obsessive UE mapping? Have you created a cubicle-alter to Tufte? Looking for some info-design pron? Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered with these links to some of the best data visualization/info design resources on the web:
 
Visual Complexity
Digital Roam Digital Roam Blog
Infosthetics
Mashable
Smashing Mag
Princeton Infographics
InfoDesign.org
Luke [...]

… a minor blow to Al Gore and most of us that attended SXSWi, new truths about the internet, google, and a dark and sordid past. No worries for Al, he’s moved on from the internet and is now quite successfully waging a campaign to save the earth. The rest of geeknation, can [...]