If you are catching up on last minute tasks to close out your week at the office, we encourage you to add this one to your list. It may be a bit more fun than sending out memos about your Monday morning meeting. We promise. Per usual, below is a round-up of our #DailyBrainCandiii posts throughout this week. Enjoy! The Underappreciated Man Behind the “Best Graphic Ever Produced” If you are a fan of both data visualization as well as history, this article is for you. Centered a

Happy Friday, all! We have made it to the end of another week. The posts we've shared as part of our #DailyBrainCandiii campaign this week have incidentally followed a cartography and Big Data theme. Don't let that scare you off though - they are fun for the whole geo-family. Everything Sings: Maps for a Narrative Atlas Although I have enjoyed reading all the articles this week, this may be my favorite. Its content is very map-centric, even if different than what we typically

We have had quite a few fun #DailyBrainCandiii posts this week. Looking at you, Datasaurus. There is a little bit of everything to get your Friday going - Mystery, intrigue, and data for all! For those celebrating Victoria Day with a long weekend, enjoy! Same Stats, Different Graphics: Generating Datasets with Varied Appearance and Identical Statistics Through Simulated Annealing You can have your data and see it too…or at least, you should. This article urges those analyzing

It is finally here, our favorite weekday friend - Friday. To ease you out of this long week and give you a little something to procrastinate, here is a list of reading materials and geoeducation resources shared throughout this week in our #DailyBrainCandiii posts. Enjoy! GeoInquiries Esri has long been a passenger on the education bandwagon. This resource – GeoInquiries – helps to solidify their standing (err, seat?) there. Rather than a typical article, this #DailyBrainCand

Did you happen to catch all of our #DailyBrainCandiii posts of the week? If not, here they all are lined up in a row. Take a second to sit back, relax, and find a few cool fun facts to share with friends and enemies. Enjoy! Brazil Announces the 14th Bidding Round for Exploration and Production of Oil and Gas Earlier this year, the 14th Round of Bids for blocks for the exploration and production of oil and natural gas in Brazil was announced. This article lists those basins –

We like a good article, and we cannot lie. You other article-lovers can't deny...Is it wrong if a little piece of me hopes you rapped that in your head, Sir-Mix-a-Lot style? Let's go with no. Kick back, relax - just not too hard, if you are still at work - and let's check out this week's #DailyBrainCandiii articles as well as couple fun freebies thrown in. Enjoy! The Rise of the Smart City Next to love, data makes the world go ‘round. Everything around us – what we see and a

Around here, we like Friday almost as much we like #DailyBrainCandiii and #MapOfTheDay posts. I mean, who wouldn't? Okay, maybe we do still have our favorites, but you did not hear that from me. Here's a look at the articles we have shared throughout this week as well as our favorite map. Enjoy! The Accidental Revelation of Sanborn Maps Around since the 1860s, Sanborn has been essential in the mapping world. When the company’s founder initially opened shop, maps were made for

Here we are at the end of another week, albeit a very busy week. For those who dropped by to chat at the Esri Petroleum GIS Conference in Houston, we're glad you could make it! For now, we wish everyone a happy holiday weekend and some quality time away from your desk. If you have a little downtime and want to do some reading, here's a round-up of this week's #DailyBrainCandiii posts and our favorite #MapOfTheDay of the week. Boston Public Schools Map Switch Aims to Amend 500

Here we are at the close of another week. For those who have fared well this week, we salute you. For those who have a struggle that more than one cup of coffee could not fix, we want to remind you that it is Friday and that the weekend can fix almost anything. Before you clock out though, we wanted to round up the #DailyBrainCandiii posts from this week and share them with you once again. Here goes! How to Make Awesome Interactive Maps Using Google Sheets in Under 1 Minute?

To help ease out of this long week, we have compiled an overview of our #DailyBrainCandiii posts from this week. There seems to be a theme to this week's posts - a little Google-heavy with a side of web maps. Regardless though, there are fun details in all that may be worth checking out if you have a few minutes to kill...which we know you do! Google Maps Lets You Record Your Parking Location, Time Left at the Meter In the seemingly never-ending race between Google and Apple

Welcome one and all! We have successfully made it to the end of another week, welcoming in a new season and all that comes with it. For those winding down, I have put together a list of our #DailyBrainCandiii posts from this week as well as our favorite #MapOfTheDay. Sit back, kick your feet up – but only if your boss will not yell at you – and enjoy! Geospatial Recreation #IronViz One of our partners, Tableau, is involved in quite a few inspiring campaigns. I do not say this

Here we are, folks, at the end of yet another week! For those friends in the United States, if you have been able to make it through without taking naps under your desk or resorting to coffee on an IV drip, I commend you. Daylight Savings Time can be a mighty foe. For those friends not in the United States, consider your clocks blessed. We are eternally jealous of your restful lack of springing forward. To wind down for the week, I would like to share a collection of article

As the week is winding down and you are focusing on overlooked emails or traveling back to home-base from the Esri Dev Summit in Palm Springs, let's take a trip down memory lane. I would like to bundle up the neat articles we came across this week as part of #DailyBrainCandiii as well as our favorite #MapOfTheDay post. Sit back, relax, and enjoy that cup of coffee. It's on us. (Well, not really, but...you know.) Introducing a Human Geography Basemap For those who take advant

Relax, breathe. You have made it...both to this article and Friday. Congratulations! As a reward, I want to give you a breakdown of all the fun articles we have come across this week in our #DailyBrainCandiii posts, share an even more fun (funner? fun to the max?) #MapOfTheDay, and give you a space to chill for a bit before you start your day. Realizing the Potential of Big Data and Analytics "It's not what you know. It's what you do with what you know." The opener of this ar

Here we are at the end of the work week. Is it just us, or do short weeks always feel longer? Regardless though, one thing stands true - We made it, folks! As you are winding down, sending out those last-minute emails you did not get around to yesterday, we wanted to give you a chance to procrastinate a bit more. No need to thank us, we are endlessly considerate. (Is it unprofessional to insert a wink-face emoji into a corporate blog post? Asking for a friend.) To end out thi

Here we are at the end of the work week. Is it just us, or do short weeks always feel longer? Regardless though, one thing stands true - We made it, folks! As you are winding down, sending out those last-minute emails you did not get around to yesterday, we wanted to give you a chance to procrastinate a bit more. No need to thank us, we are endlessly considerate. (Is it unprofessional to insert a winky-face emoji into a corporate blog post? Asking for a friend.) To end out th