FlexAbility

I just love Google Analytics! I set up my site with GA three days ago and this is what I see:

At this point my biggest readership is in Bangalore. Only five hits over three days, but it’s still exciting to see that I’m being read so far away. (The big dot in the Boston area is me, using my own site as a reference.)

Thanks, Bangalore, and everyone else, for your attention. And isn’t Google Analytics cool?

Also, BTW, I’m looking forward to Nico Lierman’s upcoming Apollo-GA application.

The Gapminder RIA does an outstanding job of showing how the world’s countries have fared over the last 30 years, as measured by per capita income, infant mortality, and numerous other measures. Check out the one minute demo here.

A year old post by John Dowdell says that the folks at Trendalyzer created this with Flash. Looks very Flex-ish to me. Anyone know if Flex was involved?

Gapminder.org’s website says, “Trendalyzer’s developers have left Gapminder to join Google in Mountain View, where Google intends to improve and scale up Trendalyzer, and make it freely available to those who seek access to statistics.

“The Stockholm-based Gapminder Foundation will continue to spearhead the use of new technology for data animations. The goal is to promote a fact-based worldview by bringing statistical story-telling to new levels. In collaboration with producers of accurate statistics that are eager to give the public free access to databases, Gapminder hopes to recruit and inspire many users of public statistics.”