EdgeCrafting - giving you an Edge !

well, at least I hope

After seeing this TED talk by Hans Rosling on "Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seen" - I would love to get access to this kind of visualisation tool.

Gapminder's Trendalyzer software and team got acquired by google in march 2007 - I think they made a very wise investment there.

Update march 2008: Gapminder Trendanalyzer availabe in limited form in Google docs (spreadsheets) and as a gadget - check this updated post about Gapminder's Trendanalyzer in Google clothing.

Joe think there's nothing magic about ruby or rails and references an earlier post comparing google trends for ruby on rails with Django.

Well, I'll say there might not be magic but steady growth around rails !
Revisiting the google trend page it seems very clear rubyonrails are gaining ground in 2007, what Oreilley bookstats 1Q2007 compared with 1Q2006 also indicates.

Ruby currently #10 on Tiobe programming index up from #17 same time last year

So, programmers-wannabe .... ruby on rails would be a good framework and language to learn