(Click on image for dynamic chart.)This chart shows the types of offenses under which the U.S. federal prison population (205,096) was sentenced.
The big fat light-blue bubble is Drug Offenses, 350% larger than the next highest category (Weapons, Explosives and Arson).
Data came from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the data visualization was made using Many Eyes.
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On a daily basis, I review over 25 specific RSS feeds on the subject of Data Visualization. I select the best new posts and then publish them as Garry's Selected Items in this blog's sidebar under Data Visualization Updates.
Although I may not post as often as I would like, over the last few years I have religiously maintained Garry's Selected Items with the best posts depicting the importance and value of data visualization.![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=be53a64a-3f11-484d-8909-1644cf227a28)
Although I may not post as often as I would like, over the last few years I have religiously maintained Garry's Selected Items with the best posts depicting the importance and value of data visualization.
I'm looking at CheddrMedia.com and their contest application. I'm testing their widget at the right in the sidebar with a contest for the "Best Photo Caption." Try it out.
On Flickr, I receive about 20 views each day of these specific photos: a cartoon head, my granddaughter, Karissa, and an example of data visualization with fractals.
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Modern printing is generally believed to have begun in the 15th century with Gutenberg's moveable type press. Moveable type simply means that each letter used in the press is an individual piece, which allowed the printer to rearrange letters to make different pages.
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I love the seasons, but I've become more aware since I hung the blue birdfeeder a couple of years ago. The pesky squirrel, the woodpecker, the doves, the rain - all, technically, data visualizations in a digital world telling a story.
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Image via Wikipedia
It shows good ways to do things in short easy-to-learn steps.
I recommended the DLM blog on my Grandkids Blog also.
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Early Spring wildflowers along the walk - weeds to some.
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