Patrick James

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Charting The Insanely High (And Rapidly Rising) Cost Of College

Charting The Insanely High (And Rapidly Rising) Cost Of College

Students are being saddled with enormous amounts of debt just to get a degree, and how much it costs is going way up. This infographic shows just how much.

An Infographic Portrait Of Seattle’s Commutes, Rendered In Dots

An Infographic Portrait Of Seattle’s Commutes, Rendered In Dots

These maps show the different ways–cars, transit, and bikes–people get around the Emerald City and provide a portrait of how a city moves.

Look At The U.S. Beef Industry, Sculpted As Raw Meat

Look At The U.S. Beef Industry, Sculpted As Raw Meat

Beef Stakes is a study of production, consumption, and waste in the meat industry–shown through packaged meat.

An Infographic Shows How The World Might Actually End

An Infographic Shows How The World Might Actually End

Mayan apocalypses aside, there are lots of ways we could screw this up and send humanity on a crash course to extinction. But don’t worry too much, we’re probably fine.

Eye-Catching Map Visualizes 150 Years Of Hurricanes

Eye-Catching Map Visualizes 150 Years Of Hurricanes

Hurricane season is in full swing. Here’s what it would look like if every storm since 1851 was circling at the same time.

What Would Happen If The Entire World Lived Like Americans?

What Would Happen If The Entire World Lived Like Americans?

How many natural resources would we need if the entire world’s population consumed them like Americans do? More than we have.

Watch As Capitalism Spreads, Through The Writings Of Adam Smith

Watch As Capitalism Spreads, Through The Writings Of Adam Smith

This animated infographic shows where, when, and in what language Adam Smith’s <em>Wealth of Nations</em> has been published around the world. Watch a planet slowly grasped by the invisible hand.

Mapping The Future Of Education Technology

Mapping The Future Of Education Technology

If it’s true that 65% of today’s grade school students will work in jobs that don’t exist yet, then we better get ready for some drastically different learning environments.

An Interactive Infographic Maps The Future Of Emerging Technology

An Interactive Infographic Maps The Future Of Emerging Technology

When will you get your robot butler? When will we first set foot on Mars? These and countless other questions about the future are answered in this amazing chart of where technology is headed in the next 30 years.

Why One Young Woman Left Google To Follow Her Passion For Handmade Goods

Why One Young Woman Left Google To Follow Her Passion For Handmade Goods

Makeably lets you connect with makers to create the perfect product, just for you.

Ideas

A Rugged Box Of Education Tech With Its Own Internet Connection, And Other World Changing Developing World Technology

A Rugged Box Of Education Tech With Its Own Internet Connection, And Other World Changing Developing World Technology

Credo Mobile Wants To Help Power The Resistance (And Give Away Millions In The Process)

These High-Tech Sensors Track Exactly How Fresh Our Produce Is So We Stop Wasting Food

Entertainment

Bryson Tiller, Carly Rae Jepsen, And That Lorde & Chromeo Remix: This Week In Music

Bryson Tiller, Carly Rae Jepsen, And That Lorde & Chromeo Remix: This Week In Music

He Didn’t: An “Arrested Development” Writer On Twitter’s Most-Used Political Meme

Sweden Lists On Airbnb, Gillette Asks Dad: The Top 5 Ads Of The Week

Co.Design

Google’s New Viz Tool Makes Snappy GIFs Out Of Your Data

Google’s New Viz Tool Makes Snappy GIFs Out Of Your Data

This MIT-Invented Pasta Packs Flat, Then Snaps Into Crazy Shapes

The Running Shoes Of The Future Are Alive (Oh, And They Glow)

Fast Company

I Hated Growing Up Evangelical In Sweden, But It Made Me A Better Entrepreneur

I Hated Growing Up Evangelical In Sweden, But It Made Me A Better Entrepreneur

A Rugged Box Of Education Tech With Its Own Internet Connection, And Other World Changing Developing World Technology

Credo Mobile Wants To Help Power The Resistance (And Give Away Millions In The Process)