Facebook Friends around the World


Taking a sample of ten million pairs of friends, an engineering intern at Facebook created this data map to show which cities had a lot of friendships between them. (Read how he did it.)

Not surprisingly, you can even detect some political borders in the data. Logically, many people would have most friends within their country. I also noticed a lot of connections between North and South America and also between Europe and North Africa, roughly from the Strait of Gibraltar to the Gulf of Tunis. Iceland, Russia, and other countries don’t appear (as a country shape) in the data map, but it’s possible to see where Reykjavik, Iceland, and Moscow, Russia, are located.

I’m a visual learner and love data, so I found this data map fascinating. What does this image tell you? Continue reading Facebook Friends around the World

Google Goggles


If you have a mobile phone, you might be interested in downloading the free Google Goggles app, especially (but not necessarily) if you do a lot of traveling. This mobile app allows you to do searches with images.   You take a photo of something and then search: in order to locate information about a book on the internet to identify a landmark to translate an item on a menu to identify products and artwork You can also take a photo of a business card and move the information to the contact list on your phone. How are you using Google … Continue reading Google Goggles

Celebrating One Year of e4e


This week marks the one-year anniversary of the eQuipping for eMinistry blog. Every six months I like to publicly acknowledge those who have contributed to this ministry for the past six months. THANK YOU To my Sovereign Lord, Jesus Christ, for His guidance and direction and for giving me a passion I can pursue to His glory. To my husband, Mike, for encouraging me to “sow resources for women so they might enhance their ministries through technology.” To Judy Douglass for encouraging me to be all God has designed me to be. To the guest authors who have helped post … Continue reading Celebrating One Year of e4e