Passport Index

Posted on April 19, 2015 by sam

Visualizing the ‘most powerful’ passports

Sort by:
Country, Location, Color, Passport Power Rank

“Advanced economies dominate the top of the list. Hong Kong comes in at 11, while Argentina and Israel are ranked 16th.”

Countries by the colors

There are more countries with red color passports, then blue, few with green, least with black.

How many have biometrics installed in the actual passport?

Trust on a Global Scale

“Countries that are allies often offer each others’ citizens a quick visa on arrival. For countries that are not so friendly, a visitor may have to provide entry and exit information, a letter of invitation, and even list all of the clubs they belonged to in high school — as well as paying a hefty fee.”

View the Passport Index www.passportindex.org by Arton Capital.

h/t: Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/04/15/a-ranking-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-passports/

Cats vs Dogs in Data

Posted on April 18, 2015 by sam

A Decade in an Eternal War

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A view of a decade of battles between 2010 to 2014 in the eternal war for human affection.

Fluffy Spike

Year over year view of interest in our furry friends. Popularity spikes in late spring with
“dog”, and then “cat” leading the way only to have “dogs” sprint up a month later.

As someone who loves dogs, the data is pleasantly surprising.

I expected the popularity of cats to be higher.

Evolution of an Interface

To see how Google evolved their Trends interface scroll the gallery below.

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Sources: Google Trends, Grumpy cat, Doge.

To Do Lists

Posted on January 21, 2011 by sam

We have too many of them.I need a clear calendar.
Testing a new system – To Do Tags:
kMind, kEye, kConnect
Alphabetically ordered by priority. They’re applied to blog posts so there are notes + that sense of urgency. But even though one might be more urgent than the other it might not be more important, just more pressing – something to do sooner.
kAction? I don’t think it’s necessary to identify things in action. We should focus on keeping them in action and finishing them rather than just overly describing the process.
End.