Tag Archives: public health

The power of good visualization

Posted on 16 Nov 07 by Phi

I just discovered The Gapminder, a very cool visualization tool created by Hans Rosling and others. It gives you the ability to visualize changes in a variety of socio-economic indicators across both space and time, with particularly effective use of … Continue reading →

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Hitting yourself in the face with a hammer

Posted on 12 Dec 06 by Phi

Impact Originally uploaded by darkmatter. Those wild and crazy people at WalkingTimeBomb.com have a whole host of ads aimed at college students who blithely assume (despite all the evidence to the contrary) that they’ll quit smoking after they graduate. Some … Continue reading →

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