Google is not a search engine

20Jul09

It’s an advertising machine. Ok,  although  hate piecharts. But they only really work when the data is dramatic like this. [via The Industry Standard]

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Tags: Data Journalism, Graph, Simple

Afghanistan troop casualties

19Jul09

UK troops have been taking a pummelling in Afghanistan in the last few months. 2009 has been the worst year of the conflict for the UK army. 54 soldiers killed killed in action, 45 very seriously wounded. As ever, when I hear hard numbers, I feel confused. More questions arise. Why is the UK army [...]

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Tags: Afghan Conflict Monitor, DefenseLink.mil, Guardian Datablog, icasualties.org, The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Wikipedia: Canada’s_Role In The Invasion of_Afghanistan, Wikipedia: War In Afghanistan, Wikipedia:Canadian Forces Casulaties in Afghanistan