Thanks to @foursquare and some nifty folks over at Where Do You Go, you can now with a few quick clicks create a heatmap of YOU in and around NYC (or whatever city you happen to live and playfoursquare.com in). There’s something to this personalization of data visualization. More to come on this note as I do some free thinking over the holiday break about these converging trends.
Carnivorous Convergence: United Steaks


Now this is my kinda convergence: Quality Marbled Meat + Design Innovation + Social Media Savvy. Thanks to my POKE London partner @hostler for sharing via likecool.com and of course the steak loving artist/photographer/steakshaper himself Dominic Episcopo.
Data = Cool, Stats + Sexy & Aaron Koblin > Wizard

I’ve been following Aaron for sometime now. His work is truly amazing and he’s charting a new path for all of us. I’ll shutup now and let him speak for himself. A must watch. Click here now.

Truth & Fiction: Logorama (a.k.a. the brandworld we now live in)
La vie des marques from Materialiste Paris on Vimeo.
Wow. Now this is a nice piece of work. But damn is it scary in all of it’s pointed truth and fabulous fiction. Thanks to @hess777 for passing it along. Wonder what happens if you watch it backwards.