Unemployment insight dashboard for Jan 2010 shows 41% of all unemployed, 6.3MM people, out of work more than 6 months.

February 6, 2010

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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Thoughts on "7 Rules for Dashboard Design" post on Dashboard Insight

February 4, 2010

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 [...]

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TinkerPlots, data exploration software for kids that's all grown up.

January 21, 2010

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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Have bad graphs and faulty analysis led to evidence that Amazon has fake reviewers? Read on…

January 14, 2010

The analysis of Amazon’s Kindle reviews continues. The Business Intelligence Guru may have uncovered evidence of fake reviews on Amazon.com.

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The Best insights into December's Unemployment figures updated Now in this award winning information dashboard.

January 11, 2010

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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Pie Charts and faulty analytics in the NYTimes? Watch as the Biz Intel Guru fixes a seriously flawed blog post.

January 7, 2010

See how bad pie charts and faulty analytics lands NYTimes blogger Nick Bilton in hot water with best selling author Seth Godin and The Business Intelligence Guru.

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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.

December 4, 2009

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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Americans love their beer and wine, but we're drinking less beer than before. See the big picture now.

November 30, 2009

Here are two interactive visualizations I put together showing beverage consumption, in gallons, from 1985 through 2007. The data are from the US Department of Agriculture. There are a host of interesting things in the data. From 1985 through 2007 the biggest changes are: –A sextupling in consumption of bottled water –A 50% increase in [...]

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Education Pays, get the facts in this informative graph

November 24, 2009

Education Pays! p 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. Click here to download this post as a pdf.

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October's Real Unemployment nears 18%, over 25MM Americans jobless. Oddles more insights in this award-winning Dashboard

November 5, 2009

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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