Tag: gapminder

  • CO2 emissions vs income

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    Tom Raftery
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    I generated this graph on Prof Hans Rosling’s Gapminder.org site. The data shows, somewhat surprisingly that the increase in carbon emissions in countries like Ireland and the US from 1975 to 2002 are not in any way mirrored by any increases in China or India. In the recent Bali talks (and the Kyoto talks before…

  • it@cork conference program announced

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    As Chair of the organising committee for this year’s it@cork Technology in Business Conference, I’m delighted to announce that the program has been announced and registrations are now open. The conference is on the 28th of November in the Radisson, Little Island. This year’s theme is Connect and Innovate and we have a spectacular line-up…

  • Gapminder.org's incredible data visualisation

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    Tom Raftery
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    One of the revelations for me of the Le Web 3 conference was hearing Prof. Hans Rosling‘s presentation. Everyone I spoke to mentioned his talk as being the highpoint of the event. I checked out Gapminder.org, the site he mentioned where you can access all the data he presented and it is incredible. The interactive…