One week of the world's happiness

17 May 2010

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A Blue Perspective: One week of the world's happiness

This is a video I made that visualises a week of the world's happiness, as calculated by analysing randomly sampled Twitter messages.

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  1. 1/8

    Michael Koukoullis commented on 17 May 2010 @ 11:48

    Wow. For the most part, the world seems to be quite happy!

  2. 2/8

    Crappy commented on 17 May 2010 @ 12:13

    Lovely. Glad to see top heavy happiness in the southern hemisphere.

    Will sadness be next?

  3. 3/8

    Steve L commented on 17 May 2010 @ 13:26

    hey China - cheer up

  4. 4/8

    karl commented on 17 May 2010 @ 13:45

    You can tell it's hockey finals in Canada.

  5. 5/8

    Dustin Diaz commented on 17 May 2010 @ 14:01

    I think the world is on crack.

  6. 6/8

    Andrew K. commented on 17 May 2010 @ 15:26

    Hey USA and Western Europe - tweet less

  7. 7/8

    Scott Nellé commented on 18 May 2010 @ 01:50

    I think this needs a soundtrack. Maybe "If you're happy and you know it."

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    Dont't worry, be happy commented on 3 June 2010 @ 23:40

    Being able to tweet means that you're past the basic survival level thus more likely to be happy!

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