Philly released an interactive dashboard showing where its open data is used...
For the last two years, the City has had a mission to understand how its residents use open data. It started with a survey in early 2020, with the Office of Innovation and Technology asking residents...
View ArticleMore data, more bikes: An Azavea-built tool is improving city transit...
Transport energy consumption is one of the leading contributors to greenhouse gases, and 40% of energy transport is derived from urban settings. As the climate change impacts of greenhouse gases become...
View ArticleWatch this mesmerizing data viz documentary on understanding the certainty of...
For your weekend viewing pleasure: Media-based developer and data scientist Neil Halloran has just released a documentary about understanding scientists’ claims about climate change, three years in the...
View ArticleCheck this map: How many Biden and Trump voters turned out in your ward?
We’re solidly in day three of counting votes for the general election that took place Tuesday, and as Joe Biden takes a lead in Pennsylvania, we can take a look at which neighborhoods the former vice...
View ArticleCheck out this interactive map to see voter turnout data for your Philly...
As counties across Pennsylvania are still counting votes, we’re starting to get a clearer picture of the state’s voter turnout as the nation waits for results from this and other key battleground...
View ArticleWhat data can and can’t tell us about shooting deaths in Philadelphia
Earlier this month, Philadelphia surpassed 400 murders within the city, with 322 lives being lost to gun violence. It’s on track to be the deadliest year since 2007. News of the killing of West...
View ArticleWant to learn data visualization skills? Start with these resources and tools
Welcome to Skill-Based Learning, a short series brought to you by Women in Data — Philadelphia that will highlight some different skills required for being successful in data and tech and offer...
View ArticleThe City surveyed residents on how they use open data. Here’s what it found
This January, the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Innovation and Technology surveyed residents in order to learn more about what they find valuable about the City’s open data sets. The City hosts more...
View ArticleAn incoming Temple student is helping lead a global coronavirus data viz project
Incoming Temple University freshman Scott Blender is not spending his last summer before college like many other recent high school graduates. He could have spent most of his days binging Netflix,...
View ArticleThe controller’s office created this data viz tool to clarify Philly’s newly...
Last week, the City of Philadelphia announced that it would be revising its 2020-2021 proposed budget to deal with the added expenses its experienced while fighting the coronavirus epidemic. Mayor Jim...
View ArticleHopeworks by the numbers: More than 1,500 kids trained in the last three years
A set of data visualizations from Data Imprint shows Hopeworks Camden’s impact goes beyond the City on the Rise: Some 1,549 young students from across New Jersey have received digital skills training...
View ArticleSome great #dataviz of the impact of Philly Tech Week 2018 presented by Comcast
Wanna see something cool? Click here. Just look at how many #PTW18 tweets were tweeted during Philly Tech Week 2018 presented by Comcast. Hover over the bubbles and it magnifies the message and image...
View ArticleThis scary simulator from Bluecadet nukes your hometown
What if it was your street where total annihilation had ensued? What if it was your block leveled by shockwave and destruction? The grim premise yields just the empathy effect a recent Bluecadet...
View ArticlePeep this #dataviz of Mayor Kenney’s FY19 budget proposal
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney is hoping his FY19 budget proposal, which would hike property and real estate transfer taxes, gets the stamp of approval from City Council in a bid to improve the city’s...
View ArticleBluecadet is up for an Interactive Innovation Award at SXSW
Fishtown-based interactive design agency Bluecadet worked with NASA’s Goddard Visitor Center in Maryland to put enormous amounts of data at the fingertips of visitors. The interactive tool, called Data...
View ArticleHow Eagles fans use Lyft to get to the Linc
Ever wonder how big sporting events shape how the city moves? Lyft pulled ridership data for all six Eagles home games this year (Sept. 24 through Nov. 26) at Technical.ly’s request, and the trends are...
View ArticleWatch this gripping data visualization on the human cost of nuclear war
In what seems like an incredibly timely release, Media, Pa.-based developer and data scientist Neil Halloran released the first part of a deep-dive web documentary on nuclear war (and peace) called The...
View ArticleHere’s a map of English as a Second Language classes in Philadelphia
This one we missed but it bears repeating: there’s a map from the City of Philadelphia that helps you find all the English as a Second Language classes in Philly. (Haga clic aquí si desea leer este...
View ArticleWhere is Philly’s best and worst coffee?
Turns out that Delaware’s most eminent parenting nerds, Dan and Lynsey Larson, went and moved to Philly last March, their two adorable kids in tow. As the couple settled into their new town due to...
View ArticleA Drexel professor helped make the best-ever 3D video of very tiny organelles
Drexel University professor and researcher Andrew Cohen was part of an interdisciplinary research project that broke scientific ground this week. His 10-person team made the best-ever 3D microscopic...
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