Wednesday, January 16, 2013
The Square (El Midan) Sundance 2013
The film I'm assisting at the Sundance Film Festival this year is Jehane Noujaim's The Square. I was in Palestine through the Egyptian Revolution, which distracted me enough that this film is a welcome education of what was happening on the ground in Tahrir. It looks incredible, and I'm grateful to work on the project. Catch the trailer here.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Objective lines of color
These New York Times Interactive Census Maps are an excellent example of interactive visualization of data.
![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8188/8365932738_b4be8f36fd_o.png)
They show both the stark realities of segregation, and the interesting realtime progression of gentrification. Looking at this map superimposed with a property value map would be grimy instructive, as well.
Salt Lake City, where I'm from, is largely white, no surprises there, but interesting to see how the freeway I-15, which cuts through the city, demarcates the hispanic communities to the northwest of downtown. Otherwise it is fairly unsegregated, for its lack of diversity.
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![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8188/8365932738_b4be8f36fd_o.png)
![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8044/8365932842_95aef1fca7_c.jpg)
![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8374/8364862153_5c528cbab4_o.png)
Salt Lake City, where I'm from, is largely white, no surprises there, but interesting to see how the freeway I-15, which cuts through the city, demarcates the hispanic communities to the northwest of downtown. Otherwise it is fairly unsegregated, for its lack of diversity.
![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8323/8364862073_f070618a40_o.png)
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