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Data Viz Challenge


We give you the numbers; you make them speak to us.
Every year, Americans fill out income tax forms and make their payments to the IRS. It’s an important civic duty, but do we really know where our tax dollars go? Using data provided byWhatWePayFor.com, Eyebeam challenges you to create data visualizations that make it easier and more interesting for taxpayers to understand just how the government spends our money.
Our expert jury will be awarding $10,000 – including $5,000 for the top interactive web application, graphic, or video submitted by an individual or a team. All winners will be featured on DataVizChallenge.org, the Official Google Blog, Eyebeam.org, and Fast Company’s design blog, Co.Design. You must be a U.S. resident and 18 years of age to be eligble for an award. Entries are due midnight, March 27, 2011; winners are announced on Tax Day, April 18.
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Data Viz Challenge
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Projects: Data Visualization, Motion Graphics, Public Art, Software, Web, Writing and Publishing
People: Aaron Koblin, Aaron Meyers, Amanda McDonald Crowley, Brooke Singer, Edward Lee, Mark Shepard, Sia Shin, Stephanie Pereira
Tags: api, challenge, Data Visualization, data viz, datavizchallenge.org, google, SkillShare
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Data Viz Challenge: Skillshare

Designers, developers, journalists, artists: Get a head start on your entry for the Data Viz Challenge! Join Eyebeam to get seasoned advice in a skillshare led by George Michael Brower and Jono Brandel (designers, Google Creative Lab), Aaron Meyers (Eyebeam Fellow and interactive media designer), and Evan You (designer of Internet Censorship). Over the course of the afternoon, we will check out examples of great visualizations, dig into the WhatWePayFor.com data set and API documentation, and discuss ideas for telling compelling visual stories about our taxes. This skillshare is for anyone with a minimum level of data viz experience.
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Data Viz Challenge: Skillshare
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Projects: Data Viz Challenge
People: Aaron Meyers, Brooke Singer, Mark Shepard
Research: Education
Tags: api, challenge, Data Visualization, data viz, datavizchallenge.org, google, SkillShare
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Announcing 2011 Fellows and Winter/Spring Residents!

Taeyoon Choi, Object of Desire
Eyebeam congratulates the recipients of its 2011 Fellowships and Winter/Spring Residencies! Twelve media artists and creative technologists will soon begin work at our state-of-the-art design and fabrication labs in urban gaming, activism and technoscience, sound/video installation, technology and the body, sonic ecology, and contemporary network culture. They will join continuing Fellows Aaron Meyers, Brooke Singer, Jacob Ciocci, Jon Cohrs, and Kaho Abe as well as Student Residents.
2011 Fellows: Fran Ilich, Nova Jiang, Taeyoon Choi (starting in March); Mark Shepard, Mary Mattingly (starting in summer)
Winter/Spring 2011 Residents: Amelia Marzec, Andrew Demirjian, Beatriz da Costa, Bundith Phunsombatlert, Maria Michails, Nick Hornby, Toby Heys
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Announcing 2011 Fellows and Winter/Spring Residents!
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MIXER: Past Futures

MIXER, Eyebeam’s quarterly showcase for audiovisual performance and interactive art, goes back to the future – to the dawn of the imagined internet.
MIXER: Past Futures transforms Eyebeam’s vast West Chelsea space into an immersive environment combining video, music, design, and fashion from an era when 16-bit video games, 28k modems, and Roland TB-303s were at the cutting edge of technology and creativity. MIXER: Past Futures evokes the spirit of both early internet theories and its early graphic style, suggesting an alternate version of our own current reality, conjuring what was and what never came to be.
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People: Aaron Meyers, David Jimison, Fever Creative, Mark Essen, Mean Red, Ryder Ripps, Thunder Horse Video
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Introduction to Sound Art & Electronic Music

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Eyebeam Fellow Taeyoon Choi, in collaboration with The Public School New York and various artists, presents a multi-week class exploring sound art and electronic music.
Each week will be led by a different artist, and the class will culminate in a performance and interactive presentation. Participating artists - Mike Clemow, Jamie Allen, Travis Houldcroft, Roddy Schrock, Taeyoon Choi, and Jackson Moore - will workshop topics in field recording, circuit bending, diy instrument building, sound walks, performance and composition. Software explored will include Audacity, Max, Pd, SuperCollider, and more.
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Introduction to Sound Art & Electronic Music
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People: Jackson Moore, Jamie Allen, Roddy Schrock, Taeyoon Choi
Research: Education
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2/22: We're very excited to announce a data visualization challenge with Google and Eyebeam!

This is your federal budget. We think it's hard to relate to "billions" and "trillions", so we break it down by how much you pay in taxes.

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By Function | By Organization My CostTotalChange
Total Federal Budget - $3600.6B -11.7%
+ Social Security - $723.5B 4.9%
+ National Defense - $722.1B 3.5%
+ Income Security - $664.6B 8.8%
+ Medicare - $462.1B 5.7%
+ Health - $386.4B 3.4%
+ Net Interest - $187.8B 0.5%
+ Veterans Benefits and Services - $125B 28.9%
+ Transportation - $93.7B -25.1%
+ Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services - $91.9B -45.1%
+ International Affairs - $67.4B 6.3%
+ Allowances - $60.5B 0.0%
+ Administration of Justice - $53.5B -5.6%
+ Natural Resources and Environment - $39.5B -31.1%
+ General Science, Space, and Technology - $31B -11.4%
+ General Government - $29B -4.0%
+ Agriculture - $25.4B 5.3%
+ Community and Regional Development - $19.9B -16.3%
+ Energy - $8.8B -79.4%
+ Undistributed Offsetting Receipts - $-79.7B -13.9%
+ Commerce and Housing Credit - $-111.8B -124.8%
Discretionary SpendingDiscretionary Spending
Mandatory SpendingMandatory Spending
Interest SpendingInterest Spending
AccountMy CostTotalChange
Mandatory Spending Federal Old-age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund
Agency: Misc Agencies
Bureau: Social Security Administration 		2009
2010
2011 		-
-
- 		$553.3B
$579.9B
$600.6B 		8.6%
4.8%
3.6%
Mandatory Spending Grants to States for Medicaid
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Bureau: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 		2009
2010
2011 		-
-
- 		$254.9B
$292.7B
$285.2B 		23.2%
14.8%
-2.6%
Mandatory Spending Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Bureau: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 		2009
2010
2011 		-
-
- 		$241.8B
$249.4B
$266.3B 		7.3%
3.1%
6.8%
Mandatory Spending Payments to Health Care Trust Funds
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Bureau: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 		2009
2010
2011 		-
-
- 		$213B
$229.9B
$247.4B 		3.8%
7.9%
7.6%
Interest Spending Interest on Treasury Debt Securities (gross)
Agency: Department of the Treasury
Bureau: Interest on the Public Debt 		2009
2010
2011 		-
-
- 		$189.4B
$221B
$291.4B 		-21.8%
16.7%
31.9%
Mandatory Spending Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Bureau: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 		2009
2010
2011 		-
-
- 		$205.2B
$220.6B
$244.9B 		8.9%
7.5%
11.0%
Interest Spending Interest Paid to Trust Fund Receipt Accounts - Shadow Account
Agency: Department of the Treasury
Bureau: Interest on the Public Debt 		2009
2010
2011 		-
-
- 		$180.9B
$190.8B
$192.3B 		-5.2%
5.5%
0.8%
Mandatory Spending Unemployment Trust Fund
Agency: Department of Labor
Bureau: Employment and Training Administration 		2009
2010
2011 		-
-
- 		$116.8B
$180.1B
$102.2B 		171.3%
54.1%
-43.3%
Mandatory Spending Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund
Agency: Misc Agencies
Bureau: Social Security Administration 		2009
2010
2011 		-
-
- 		$117.1B
$125B
$131B 		11.5%
6.8%
4.8%
Discretionary Spending Operation and Maintenance, Army
Agency: Department of Defense--Military
Bureau: Operation and Maintenance 		2009
2010
2011 		-
-
- 		$83.6B
$90.1B
$96.6B 		3.2%
7.8%
7.1%
Mandatory Spending Payments to the Unemployment Trust Fund
Agency: Department of Labor
Bureau: Employment and Training Administration 		2009
2010
2011 		-
-
- 		$17.2B
$75.3B
$18B 		0.0%
337.1%
-76.0%
Mandatory Spending Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
Agency: Misc Agencies
Bureau: Office of Personnel Management 		2009
2010
2011 		-
-
- 		$68B
$70.2B
$72.4B 		6.6%
3.4%
3.2%
Mandatory Spending Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Bureau: Food and Nutrition Service 		2009
2010
2011 		-
-
- 		$59.1B
$68.7B
$80.1B 		49.3%
16.2%
16.6%
Mandatory Spending Medicare Prescription Drug Account, Federal Supplementary Insurance Trust Fund
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Bureau: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 		2009
2010
2011 		-
-
- 		$53.2B
$58.8B
$66.8B 		19.7%
10.6%
13.6%
Mandatory Spending Payment to Military Retirement Fund
Agency: Other Defense Civil Programs
Bureau: Military Retirement 		2009
2010
2011 		-
-
- 		$51.1B
$58.6B
$61.3B 		10.7%
14.7%
4.6%
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Budget data source: United States Office of Management and Budget. Website © 2010 WhatWePayFor
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