[8 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
My Unemployment Dashboard ranks #1 in Google search. See why.

It’s been a little over 5 months since I first published my Dashboard of Unemployment in the U.S. I’m happy to say that my dashboard comes in #1 for the search words, ‘Unemployment Dashboard.’ Read on and see all the latest insights that a well-designed dashboard can squeeze out of the BLS’ unemployment data.

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[6 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
Unemployment insight dashboard for Jan 2010 shows 41% of all unemployed, 6.3MM people, out of work more than 6 months.

The long-term unemployed population continues to grow. In January another 200,000 Americans were added to the pile of 6.1MM Americans who’ve been jobless for more than 6 months. Find more eye-opening facts in my award-winning information dashboard of unemployment in the U.S.

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[4 Feb 2010 | 2 Comments | ]

This post addresses a post on Dashboard Insight’s site titled, “7 Small Business Dashboard Design Dos and Dont’s”
Hi Stacey,
I read your post with great interest, after all, who wouldn’t like to know the 7 rules of dashboard design? As soon as I got to the 19th word of your post, “colorful” I knew that we’d have some interesting differences in our viewpoints.
So let’s start with how you define a dashboard. I agree with most of your definition, especially the part about face-smacking insights. Certainly a useful dashboard should provide the …

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[21 Jan 2010 | One Comment | ]
TinkerPlots, data exploration software for kids that’s all grown up.

TinkerPlots is data exploration software aimed at kids, the beautiful thing about it is that it’s great for adults too. The creators of this tool have designed the software in such a way that it gets out of your way, and encourages you to explore data, not fight with the interface.

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[11 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]
The Best insights into December’s Unemployment figures updated Now in this award winning information dashboard.

December’s unemployment figures show continued increase in long-term unemployed population. They now account for 40% of all jobless Americans. Read and see more in my award winning information dashboard of unemployment in the U.S.

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[4 Dec 2009 | One Comment | ]
November’s Real unemployment above 17% and 27 million Americans out of work, but there are bright spots. My dashboard shows you where things are starting to improve.

Last month real unemployment stood at 17.5% and 27.4 million Americans were out of work. These aren’t the figures you’ll hear or read in the media, but they’re very important nonetheless.

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[24 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]
Education Pays, get the facts in this informative graph

Education Pays!

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Fact: High school dropouts are three times more likely to be jobless than college graduates.

Fact: People with some college make 50% more than high school dropouts.

Fact: A college graduate earns almost twice as much as a high school graduate.

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[5 Nov 2009 | 8 Comments | ]
October’s Real Unemployment nears 18%, over 25MM Americans jobless. Oddles more insights in this award-winning Dashboard

The smart money knows that insights are often buried deep in data. So go beyond the headlines and check out this detailed dashboard for valuable insights into Unemployment that you won’t see anywhere else.

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[14 Oct 2009 | No Comment | ]
Interactive Tiny Graph viz with Protovis. Nearly 5,000 data points on one page!

Protovis small multiple mockup of bls.gov data showing 10 yr trend of weekly hours of production for 39 industries, courtesy the Business Intelligence Guru.