Social Change by Design Database v2
We fundamentally don’t see other organizations that do this work as the competition. The competition is poverty, racism, and apathy. - George Ayw

Electronic Plastic Visual Database
Jaro Gielens collection of 900+ electronic games that are searchable by color, brand and then some. Wowsers! / via Swiss-Miss

‘My 2020 in Data (So Far)’
Giorgia Lupi documents her life during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown in a data visualization. Beautiful and sad. / via Kottke

Instant Lettering Database
A trove / via MetaFilter

The Good, The Bad, and The Data Brokers
Chris Mears has an EXCELLENT high level overview of data brokers and links to opt-out of their data pools.

Data USA
Lots and lots and lots and lots of data here. Well presented I might add.

Data Firm Says ‘Secret Sauce’ Aided Trump; Many Scoff – The New York Times
Alexander Nix, chief executive of Cambridge Analytica, at the Concordia Summit for public-private business partnerships in New York in September. The firm…

TopoTopo™ – an infinitely customizable puzzle made from topography data
Map a place, get a 3D print (or file!) / via Coudal

The Data That Turned the World Upside Down – Motherboard
An earlier version of this story appeared in Das Magazin in December. Advertisement On November 9 at around 8.30 AM., Michal Kosinski woke up in the Hotel…

The Data That Turned the World Upside Down
Psychologist Michal Kosinski developed a method to analyze people in minute detail based on their Facebook activity. Did a similar tool help propel Donald Trump…

The Age Of Data Democratization: How To Effectively Share Data Across Your Business – Forbes
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Remove your personal info from data brokers
This is going to take a while... But it feels important to attempt. I would guess that someone that REALLY wanted to get your personal information still can...

d3.js for data-driven documents
"D3.js is a small, free JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data." brilliant work by Mike Bostock / via waxy

ChronoSync data back-up
I really like this (Mac-only) program, and very much like that upgrades are FREE. (bonus: the new version refined all the application and desktop icons in a good way)

5+ Neat Data Visualization Projects from 2008
I'm stripping out "best" and replacing it with "neat" because it feels more truthful that way (link via ux mag)

Emporis Buildings – building database
This site is awesome. Explore your city, buildings, history and developments (via Brodie)
