information aesthetics.
in a follow-up to his now legendary , Hans Rosling demonstrates the next generation of the Trendalyzer software, which analyzes & displays world statistics in easily accessible ways, allowing people to see patterns previously hidden behind mountains of data.
about ten days later, he announced a deal with Google to acquire the software. he also shows Dollar Street, a program that lets you peer in the windows of typical families worldwide living at different income levels.
the finale is, again, amazing.
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Ah great video!
I especially love the visual representation of how much families are earning, and having different houses/environments on a slider to visually show this.
TEDTalks are great, I recommend everyone to subscribe to the TEDTalks podcasts, very inspirational.
That was... wow. While the Trendalyzer is quite nice, he certainly hits his main point out of the park.
The surprise at the very end (right before the cheesy commercial) was more than impresive. I would have liked some comments on the google deal (something that worries me, being a nasdaq listed for-profit corporation with a long history on product starvation), but as joel said on comment #0 the part I liked the most was the comparison on how much different families were earning by showing differencies in furniture/appliances.
BTW: Congrats for the blog :)