Samples of my work

Below you can find much of my work from over the previous years, on an assortment of topics and in a variety of formats. Use the filters below to find what you're looking for, but if your search is too narrow feel free to start over.

China Internet Penetration Map 2012 | Penn Olson

  • So, you may have noticed that we like maps and charts and stuff… And after CNNIC released its recent report on internet use in China, one of the key datasets that I was eager to look at was internet penetration by province. I thought I’d put it on a map and see how it looked

    Read full article and view interactive map on Penn Olson

The State of the Internet in Asia [MAP]

Japanese Population by Prefecture, Male vs Female [MAP]

  • A population map of Japan, divided by prefecture, including the male/female breakdown in each area. This was my first experiment with shape files, as well as the Google Charts API (used to auto-generate the pink and blue graphs). Good fun.

    VIEW MAP: Japanese Population by Prefecture, Male vs Female

New toys for retro gamers and wannabe rockers | The Japan Times

3/11 Video Map: Archiving YouTube Clips of the Japan Quake and Tsunami

  • Some of you may recall the Newfoundland Hurricane video map I made back last September. I was a little fed up at the time with what I thought was primarily story-based disaster reporting from local news orgs, when there was an enormous amount of user-generated YouTube clips of the storm that were not being taken advantage of. I took a modest stab at mapping them using Google Fusion tables (frequently used by the more progressive/digital newsrooms), because viewing them by location seemed most logical.

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Tokyo Game Show: Interview with Taisei Yoshida of GREE | Penn Olson

  • I spoke with GREE's senior vice president of media business development at the 2011 Tokyo Game Show. Here is the video. Be sure to turn on the captions for the Japanese portion.

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Panasonic and Sharp betting that, in Japan, 7 inches is enough | Japan Times

  • It's obvious that tablet computers are making their mark on the electronics world, with Hewlett Packard this past week citing "the tablet effect" as a reason to consider a spinoff of its PC business. That's big. Especially as the company also said that it will cease production of its own tablet, the TouchPad, less than two months after it hit the shelves — effectively throwing in the towel in the battle with the iPad.

    Read on The Japan Times

12 Pitches From Start-up Weekend Tokyo at Mixi | Penn Olson

Asia’s Internet By the Numbers | Penn Olson

Keep cool with a cold beverage and a strategically placed fan | The Japan Times

  • There's no shortage of fun gadgets dedicated to helping you endure hot summer days. Here are just a couple of examples that will work particularly well for anyone battling rising temperatures in the workplace.

    Read more at The Japan Times