The True Size Of Africa

The True Size Of Africa

Africa has a few bones to pick with Gerardus Mercator. Gerardus is credited with creation of the Mercator map projection that incorrectly depicts Africa as fairly average in size. As you can see, if Africa had a hunger for other countries they would have plenty of room for dessert even after chowing down on the US, China, India and all all of Europe. No doggie bag needed.

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You Are What You Tweet: Twitter Data

You are what you tweet or according to this infographic – what I’m not is very interesting or very social. Ms. Jones obviously has more pink dots than I have blue ones. Gwyneth Jones, aka The Daring Librarian, and I have been social media buddies (thanks to Second Life) before the Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. … Continue reading

The 2012 Community Manager Report

300+ community managers were surveyed by Social Fresh on demographics, platform, performance, and salary. Via

The Journalism We Need

Not all of your Facebook Page posts appear in your fans newsfeed. Facebook use an algorithm formula called EdgeRank to decide what users will see in their newsfeed. Here’s what you need to know about Facebook EdgeRank… Via

Carbs are Killing You

Why eating fat doesn’t make you fat. Via