links for 2009-12-01

Mobile Phone Penetration: Google Motion Chart Data Visualisation
By Richard Heeks

I’ve entered the ITU data on mobile phone penetration for all countries from 1998-2008 into a Google Docs spreadsheet, and then added the Motion Chart visualiser (the same engine made famous by Hans Rosling and TED, though they use the Gapminder Trendalyzer version).

Looking for a gift for the bike lover in your life? Perhaps you ride and aren't sure what to tell your parents, spouse, siblings or friends to get you for Christmas ("oh, another floor pump from major discount retailer…thanks!").