Tag: Facebook

  • Facebook’s Share Price Plunge

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    Brendan Barry
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    Last Thursday, Facebook’s share price plunged on the news of some not so great numbers from the company on its quarterly earnings report. The data and number itself is not terribly surprising—it is a line chart. But what I loved is how the New York Times handled this on the front of the Business section…

  • Fast Food on the Internets

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    Brendan Barry
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    Let’s aim for something a bit lighter today. Well, lighter in all things but calories, perhaps. Today we have a piece from the Wall Street Journal that looks at the social media presence of several large fast food brands. Overall, it has a few too many gimmicky illustrations for my comfort. But, the strength of…

  • Analysing Your (Facebook) Social Networks

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    Brendan Barry
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    Earlier this week, Wolfram Alpha released some findings from its analytics project on Facebook. While the results offer quite a bit to digest, the use of some data visualisation makes it a little bit easier. And a lot more interesting. The results offer quite a bit of detail on interests, relationship statuses, geographic locations, and…