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Via Information Aesthetics, Map Your Moves: A visual exploration of where New Yorkers moved in the last decade.

Interesting discussion on one of the classic problems of visualizing information: Designing a better subway map.

So, BBDO Toronto thinks "Stayfree: A Date with Trevor" (also in the series, are dates with Brad and Ryan) is a great way to sell feminine hygiene products. Um, yea... we're not entirely sure we're sold on the concept.

The Sixth Amendment? What's that? "Judge punishes Michigan juror for Facebook post."

Twitter's iPad app features some new UI touches created for the bigger screen, built around media consumption. Tweets meet Web pages, photos and more.

PointStream visualizes 2010 US Open match data and stats in real-time to give you a unique way to see how your favorite players are performing.

Such a cool concept.... Give Your Stuff Away Day.

"Of Two Minds About Books." Paper books. Ebooks. Ideally no one will have to settle; everyone will be able to read the version they like better.

The FWA launched its mobile showcase. Today. FWA Mobile.

Like hamsters? Someone must. Hamstar—a streetwear-inspired clothing line sporting likenesses of the charismatic rodents from the Kia Soul TV spots—is selling like crazy. From David&Goliath and Kia.

It can't be summed up any better than this: "500 years of science, reason and critical thinking via the medium of gross oversimplification, dodgy demarcation, glaring omission and a very tiny font." The Modern Science Map. By Crispian Jago.

"Prison Without Walls," an article on the Atlantic about an increasingly viable (and precise) alternative to conventional incarceration.

Sort of like the Visual Thesaurus, but for news. The Accidental News Explorer, an app for the constantly curious. By Brendan Dawes.

TransferBigFiles.com has created the first iPhone App to send high-quality HD Videos wirelessly from your phone.

GOOD asks and graphically answers the question: Are books or e-readers more environmentally friendly?

BETC Euro RSCG, has developed software that can create mediocre ads in just ten seconds—instead of hours of strategic meetings and production.

The subject of the coming-soon book by Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers: Collaborative Consumption. The consumer shift, explained briefly in What's Mine is Yours, is an appealing concept based on sharing, bartering, lending, trading, renting, gifting and swapping redefined through technology and peer communities.

On ColourLovers: "Colors of the Social World (Wide Web) [Infographic + Video]." A very, um, colorful look at how people identify their digital selves.

StumbleSafely. A mapping project that helps people in Washington DC get home safely—drunk or sober—by identifying crime areas close to bars and metro stops. Ingeniously simple. By Ian Cairns.