Life

The Most Beautiful News Of The Year

#295

Information Is Beautiful put together a great list of the best good news stories from 2021!

Data Vis

Environment

Life

Read more about The Most Beautiful News Of The Year

Pandemic Lift Data

#295

Kone, the lift (elevator) company published some nice datavis graphs showing a drop in lift use by 80% in the top 10 European cities during the initial pandemic period of February to April 2020. The graphs also show a 134%+ bounce-back for London in 2021, and 300%+ in Chicago.

Business

Data Vis

Life

Read more about Pandemic Lift Data

52 Things Learned in 2021

#295

Tom Whitwell is back this year with another great list of 52 things he learned in 2021, like 105 of U.S. electricity is generated from old Russian nuclear warheads, and your memory resets when you walk through a door.

Life

Read more about 52 Things Learned in 2021

Heat Pumps Suitable For All House Types

#294

A new study from The Electrification of Heat (EoH) demonstration project shows that heat pumps were installed in lots of different house types in the UK, which found that heat pumps are suitable for all types of house.

Environment

Life

Read more about Heat Pumps Suitable For All House Types

National Doughnuts

#294

The Doughnut Economics website now includes a national doughnuts explorer, allowing users to view how well (or not) their countries fare on the doughnut sustainable economic model.

Business

Environment

Life

Read more about National Doughnuts

Getting Off Zero

#293

Getting Off Zero is a term to describe buying your first amount of Bitcoin. If you want to start learning about the world of Bitcoin & Crypto, InvestAnswers is a great YouTube channel to follow. James published short videos most days and summarises the latest news through a lens of risk management and cautious capital preservation and growth. As a result, a lot of the hype (aka. hopeium) is relatively low.

Blockchain

Life

Read more about Getting Off Zero

Bird Migration Map

#293

The Euro Bird Portal visualises the migration patterns of different birds, over seasons or a 52 week period, around europe.

Data Vis

Environment

Life

Read more about Bird Migration Map

Big Things Fast

#293

Patrick Collison of Stripe maintains a list of big projects that have been executed fast, such as The Eiffel Tower, Amazon Prime, and most recently, The Covid-19 Vaccine. The list is a great reminder that big things can be done when needed.

History

Innovation

Life

Read more about Big Things Fast

Podcast Of The Week: Tim & Balaji Part 2

#292

Tim Ferriss interviewed Balaji Srinivasan for a second time, in a monster 4.5 hour podcast. Highlights of the interview include the future of the world powered by blockchain, China & geo-political outlook, anarchy in the U.S.A. and lots more. Listen to/watch the interview, and you'll be thinking about it for a week afterwards.

Read more about Podcast Of The Week: Tim & Balaji Part 2

Data From Encrypted Messaging

#292

An FOIA request has revealed a report from the FBI on the different types of data that can be obtained from encrypted messaging apps by U.S. law enforcement.

Business

Life

Tech

Read more about Data From Encrypted Messaging

Pages