For the past three years, researchers from Harvard and Northeastern have been monitoring Twitter, sorting 300 million updates by location and attitude to create a cartogram of the country's moods. And it turns out that no matter what time of day it is, Twittering New Yorkers are always in a bad mood. An animated map (below) shows the number of Twitter updates through an average week, with states increasing in size based on the proportional number of updates in the area. They also change color based on happiness levels. New York tends to stay a nice Burnt Sienna, with a brief spike to Mustard in the mornings. more ›

Asylum released these fun new pie charts today showing how depressing local news is in America. Conclusion? It's all pretty damn depressing. Their misery index separates the news into ten categories, then ranks them in order from heartbreaking (accidents) to harmless (weather and travel.) Based on how much airtime each category was given, they calculated who wins for the most depressing city. The amount of coverage dedicated to sports at the expense of other news is in itself depressing. But how did we score? more ›

The city may never sleep, but there are significantly less people in it during the witching hours. This neat illustration shows just how many people commute in for work only to go enjoy their nights in... Jersey? If you look closely you'll also see that Roosevelt Island's population doubles at night; what exactly is going on over there? more ›

Iridesco Watercooler put together this cool graph of the data released earlier this week by the Center for Urban Future breaking down chain stores in NYC. With a borough by borough breakdown, the graph illustrates how Dunkin Donuts outer borough presence (including a whopping 29 Staten Island locations!) gave it the top spot amongst the retail giants. The blog also pointed out this alarming statistic: there are as many American Apparel locations in the five boroughs as there are Barnes and Nobles. more ›

Andrew Kuo's charts are charmingly confusing, and his latest in the NY Times find their roots in his first summer festival: Lollapalooza '92 in New Jersey. Since then, he's learned a lot, and he's charted the knowledge for all who need some guidance as this summer's fests inch up on the calendar. more ›

Now that the glory days of moving to Brooklyn after being priced out of Manhattan are all but gone, the question remains: where do Manhattanites move? more ›