January 11th, 2010 — Visualizations
I was just put onto this by a ex-colleague (@insightr) .
Its another one of the great NY Times visualizations, and whilst I have some mis-givings about its value, it still shows some wonderful trends just from a quick view of what is happening in NYC.
Take a look at it and see the trends between the Bronx and Manhattan, and the trends within Manhattan, some differences within Lower vs Upper Manhattan, as mentioned in the Arts Beat Blog Post on NY Times.
My mis-givings about this, whilst it is showing interesting trends for 2009 films by each individual title, it would be quite compelling to look at the aggregate for each genre, as I believe that would show even more significant differences, certainly within the NYC area, just a thought…
October 8th, 2009 — Statistics
This is an analysis I have come across via TechCrunch from RJMetrics
It gives a comprehensive view of the universe that is Twitter and its users, below are some of the key findings..
Twitter’s user growth is no longer accelerating. The rate of new user acquisition has plateaued at around 8 million per month.
Over 14% of users don’t have a single follower, and over 75% of users have 10 or fewer followers.
38% of users have never sent a single tweet, and over 75% of users have sent fewer than 10 tweets.
1 in 4 registered users tweets in any given month.
Once a user has tweeted once, there is a 65% chance that they will tweet again. After that second tweet, however, the chance of a third tweet goes up to 81%.
If someone is still tweeting in their second week as a user, it is extremely likely that they will remain on Twitter as a long-term user.
Users who joined in more recent months are less likely to stop using the service and more likely to tweet more often than users from the past.
The full report can be found here it provides some interesting reading and cool analysis
I should really break myself into the Twitter API….
August 17th, 2009 — Statistics
A very interesting article by the BBC Sport Team following another remarkable run by Usain Bolt at the World Athletics Championship in Berlin.
It breaks down the overall affect of his race, and what the change in records will be if other athletes achieve the same.
At one point in his race betwen 60M and 80M, he was running at 27.79MPH… WOW
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/8205451.stm