Category Archives: politics

00’s Infographic.

Written by Peter. Posted on January 13, 2010. Filed under business, consumer, design, politics, trend. No comments.
What’s changed?  A lot. Click image to get to glorious ‘big’ view.

Thirst or Idiocy?

Written by Peter. Posted on December 11, 2009. Filed under brand, business, consumer, design, politics, trend, vegetarian. No comments.
Thirst or Idiocy?
Bottled Water costs 10,000 times more than Tap, and is generally more polluted and less regulated.  Signs the Apocalypse is Nigh… Click for large view.

Social Insecurity.

Written by Peter. Posted on November 9, 2009. Filed under business, consumer, politics, trend. No comments.
Social Insecurity.
One of many really nice infographics from visualeconomics.com.

Bipolar Nation.

Written by Peter. Posted on October 21, 2009. Filed under brand, business, consumer, design, politics, trend, user interface. No comments.
Bipolar Nation.
I’m a sucker for infographics to begin with, and this one’s a doozy.  Interesting to see this all spread out for analysis… A concept-map exploring the Left vs Right political spectrum. A collaboration between David McCandless and information artist Stefanie Posavec, taken from the book The Visual Miscellaneum (out Nov 10th).

Priorities.

Written by Peter. Posted on August 26, 2009. Filed under business, magazine, politics. No comments.
Just saying.

Exponential Times.

Written by Peter. Posted on July 30, 2009. Filed under business, consumer, interactive, internet, politics, technology, trend, vids. No comments.
Exponential Times.
Cool, quick video that speaks to the explosive growth and speed of adoption associated w. technology.

The Real Enemy is Plastic.

Written by Peter. Posted on June 25, 2009. Filed under politics, trend. No comments.
The Real Enemy is Plastic.
Wonderful article by Gary Kamiya about the Gov. Sanford scandal in Salon.com. The last para in particular struck me: I’m neither defending nor condemning Sanford — such judgments, from outsiders, are meaningless. I know nothing whatsoever about Sanford, his wife or his lover. I also admit I might be wrong about him. He might simply [...]

New Media #GOPfail.

Written by Peter. Posted on June 18, 2009. Filed under politics, trend. No comments.
New Media #GOPfail.
Ham-fisted and stupid. Love it.

Electing Puppets.

Written by Peter. Posted on June 18, 2009. Filed under politics, trend. No comments.
Electing Puppets.
Is anyone actually saying that Iran’s Presidential election would have any significant bearing whatsoever on the leadership of that Country?

Invisible People.

Written by Peter. Posted on June 16, 2009. Filed under guerrilla, politics. No comments.
Invisible People.
The recent ‘election’ crisis in Iran has prompted claims of concern worldwide for the people of that country – but are these not the same folks who wanted to bomb them not so long ago? Interesting article from Glenn Greenwald in Salon.com.