by d3wpadmin | Feb 2, 2010 | Kurt Metzger, Uncategorized
With the 2010 census upon us, we at Data Driven Detroit have been working to educate “hard-to-count” populations about the importance of being counted. The NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund estimates that Wayne County suffered an undercount of about 30,000...
by d3wpadmin | Jan 27, 2010 | Kurt Metzger, Uncategorized
When asked to speak at a diversity conference, I began to conduct background research to supplement my demographic data. My research turned up an advertisement that I felt truly made the business case for diversity in all its categories. Here it is: When you left...
by d3wpadmin | Jan 27, 2010 | Kurt Metzger, Uncategorized
In the fall of 2009, I received a call from a group of reporters from the French publication, Le Monde diplomatique. I’d like to say that they found their way to me because of my Belgian heritage, or because Detroit was known in the early 1900s as the...
by d3wpadmin | Jan 12, 2010 | Kurt Metzger, Uncategorized
Ford Motor Company swept the North American Car and Truck of the year awards at the 2010 North American International Auto Show with the Ford Fusion Hybrid and the Transit Connect. That’s especially good news for Detroiters who are anxious to see new life rise from...
by d3wpadmin | Jan 11, 2010 | Kurt Metzger, Uncategorized
Tables. Pie charts. Histograms. Line graphs. Depicting data is our bread and butter, but we realize that it’s Greek to most people. That’s why D-ACIS is using mapping technologies to help you visualize what numbers really mean. It’s so true: A picture really is worth...
by d3wpadmin | Jan 6, 2010 | Kurt Metzger, Uncategorized
I was reading USA Today over the holiday break and came across a small story with the title, “Paper airplane flight sets record.” According to the article, Japanese paper airplane virtuoso Takua Toda set a world record for a hand-launched paper airplane on December...
