Faneuil Media

Last night I finally got around to checking out MAPLight.org.
Those of you who haven’t seen it should stop reading this post and go check it out. It’s amazing.
The site has nothing to do with maps – it’s about Money And Politics, and shining lots light on the subject in California.
Like Washingtonpost.com’s Congressional Votes Database, MAPLight […]

About a year ago we built a package that NYTimes.com ran as part of its transit strike coverage.
We’ve always thought the highlight of that project was a map of stories from commuters. One reader rode a stolen two-seater bicycle the length of Manhattan. Another was rapturous about a morning stroll across the Brooklyn Bridge. […]

Malcolm Gladwell’s article in last week’s New Yorker, Open Secrets, is well worth the read.
The piece is build on a distinction between puzzles and mysteries:
Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts are a puzzle. We can’t find him because we don’t have enough information. The key to the puzzle will probably come from someone close to bin Laden, […]