--- title: Banana republics, information berries & more description: "Data Design Blog: Learn more about banana republic maps, the origins of language with data visualisation and more!" image: https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/BKYHP0HEBm71fSMTa9rZm4ndirv5qN1CasO1hcxEtd2f5EgpXP3YgGBK3RnB-0I8BbWb7bwv60R81wb5di6XaM5nSo7swux5GNAHhcQYAe6FZiI2g3UBhLXrqmVqXSdmld2ZrZF0KT1n_UajJIDZHA0 --- [Skip to main content](https://blog.bestiario.org/banana-republics-information-berries-more#main) [![Bestiario_Logo_RGB_White (1)](https://blog.bestiario.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Bestiario_Logo_RGB_White%20(1).png?width=150&height=31&name=Bestiario_Logo_RGB_White%20(1).png) ![Bestiario_Logo_RGB_White (1)](https://blog.bestiario.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Bestiario_Logo_RGB_White%20(1).png?width=150&height=31&name=Bestiario_Logo_RGB_White%20(1).png)](https://www.bestiario.org/) - [Home](https://www.bestiario.org/) - [About](https://www.bestiario.org/about/) - [Blog](https://blog.bestiario.org) - Show submenu for Resources Resources - [Data Visualization](https://www.bestiario.org/data-visualisation/) - [Contact](https://www.bestiario.org/contact/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Home](https://www.bestiario.org/) - [About](https://www.bestiario.org/about/) - [Blog](https://blog.bestiario.org) - Show submenu for Resources Resources - Resources - [Data Visualization](https://www.bestiario.org/data-visualisation/) - [Contact](https://www.bestiario.org/contact/) # Banana republics, information berries & more # Banana republics, information berries & more ![Bestiario](https://blog.bestiario.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Mask%20group-3.png?width=50&height=50&name=Mask%20group-3.png) by [Bestiario](https://blog.bestiario.org/author/bestiario) November 29, 2023 **Random picks 🎲** - A clock where the time is in a song title: [The Pudding](https://open.substack.com/users/96190598-the-pudding?utm_source=mentions) (@puddingviz) created a playlist with songs that have the current time as the title. Also check out Women are superstars on stage but they don’t write songs about the gender bias in song writing [https://pudding.cool/2023/07/songwriters/](https://pudding.cool/2023/07/songwriters/) ![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/qvnfi_aDyKw4eO9aPO0BghyxAsXdCNt8--dWibQwsdVslrmyWaDmuz66KMOfnuZDxheDh9bXLN9sPpcovpWzcFGy1CsxT_VzWnW0XWiTmWBmHEA8xAGTbXv5eFlwDSwkAQ7As5WhB6PYNDcjTmMpxMs) A clock where the time is in a song title ![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/JQvb6xhQOMCtZw522endvGv_34eoc9XkSRuvH61xdOj_JsDhlXWUzvv59t5ElyUAQh_Rpf-E8PwiV0d-Hqha-DaZyx8XbKzi-7fL-H-T-e-tsXCl6-elBhXfmxNpfKG8XMtFxX9SCfjilkWxBo0Bhvc)   - *Banana republics*: which country looks more like a banana? @sundellviz compares shapes to countries. Also creator of [Not quite Europe](https://twitter.com/sundellviz/status/1680332935365361665), with the most similarly shaped countries to European countries. ![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/fRtJu851RlfpAd-EPX2HA3NNJav7ICtXnvbmDke5jmKv06RKWOMHAuQoRDrq9dPHVVUYx5b6K_rZa0NjBub0Haszi3jcX1JhDQc9gcZ60zhFOIXruX2rboGfFGOOPcbzpfU-woR4vUXu9a4jeLCjLNE) [The most banana-shaped country is UAE](https://twitter.com/sundellviz/status/1685718509626572800)   - *Origin of languages*: Visualisation about where our languages came from by @La\_Lettura ![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/BKYHP0HEBm71fSMTa9rZm4ndirv5qN1CasO1hcxEtd2f5EgpXP3YgGBK3RnB-0I8BbWb7bwv60R81wb5di6XaM5nSo7swux5GNAHhcQYAe6FZiI2g3UBhLXrqmVqXSdmld2ZrZF0KT1n_UajJIDZHA0) [https://www.behance.net/gallery/152281101/Mutual-intelligibility-among-Eurasian-languages](https://www.behance.net/gallery/152281101/Mutual-intelligibility-among-Eurasian-languages)   - *Urbanistic Mondrian*: Berlin’s land uses determine a custom Mondrian postcard at [Kiezcolors](https://kiezcolors.odis-berlin.de/#12.4/52.50328/13.37852) by @TSBBerlin ![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/563uVafBFiN8wAij0JnyXRpZW8L-Br792N89IO1iIivEMO4XigmsY1zK3-n4YvCUINtUuQKcPFf3iqJnieIadNlLSpjSbbl6J8iVMdORsZeHsEwwio0enrZUCdfYCSssH1AHK0_CPqEHXVhLhb5Nw9I) [Land uses postcard](https://kiezcolors.odis-berlin.de/#12.4/52.50328/13.37852)   **Tool shed** **⚒️** - *Modyfi*: Collaborative, AI-native design & image-making platform. @Modyfi\_ ![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/xNi0lVny5DZvc7RmXtNQ0vpZqfwcm3eB3a9U9Z8ROAkmZsDoRe3bBaK8N5a6ZeK6IY6vQ-_-XVOLF2QL3-Qze9ZtRFQbVF9sPp-iRX0IMJdi3QdYAtVObWXhqW_otyUgkRhl2zz0iAdgk95IbkZigRY)[App.modyfi.com](https://app.modyfi.com/)   **Memory lane** **📽️** - [Wiby](https://wiby.me/) is a search engine for the old web, where hobbyists and academics wrote about subjects they where personally interested in, without ads nor monetary interest. If you go to [https://wiby.me/surprise](https://wiby.me/surprise) you’ll get a random entry of this old “good” web. @wibyweb ![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/B-eB9oGlIVsIMFikzC-MASfZVL9ksCDlhidk1uxSRVQ0YmdS7UwWqWUAH-w0rk7JsIhfjUvrNGfV2yUIizX0CrB-WRWdENMsT2d-1woNA-DXcieotDaYB-ILKsgUpMvIvZaEfz5pCqpaJaQ_qs_yif0) Three spins in the wiby.me/surprise dice   **Word pool** **🤽🏽** - *Berrypicking model of information retrieval*: explains how we search for information, starting with an imperfect understanding, the first results are not precise but helps us get the vocabulary to ask the precise question (the good berries). The majority of the systems are too much to be *intuitive,* they need to be learnable by picking berries. More info at [Jorge's Newsletter](https://open.substack.com/pub/jarango) (@jarango) [https://jarango.com/2023/08/07/how-to-make-information-easier-to-find/](https://jarango.com/2023/08/07/how-to-make-information-easier-to-find/) ![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/xV1hbiGAOOvLnG-YHhbNXrSBFHskM0X7d15ffsFZyRYaaTv1oOGy5e8nrq7A64VkjBXwtgYeRn4g8nYHFm7uUPYBlxXPEmqiFPaYRmwxdt3qUkY5EzOQ_nmFLFa94Felf8ORQu_AQ6zkbCx7F6W3vJo) The chronography of a Google search   [![banner power data visualization](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/143346230/1b14b4ba-35e5-4bd9-bcb3-fca0aba02bdf.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/143346230/1b14b4ba-35e5-4bd9-bcb3-fca0aba02bdf) ###### Tags: ![Bestiario](https://blog.bestiario.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Mask%20group-3.png?width=50&height=50&name=Mask%20group-3.png) Post by [Bestiario](https://blog.bestiario.org/author/bestiario) November 29, 2023 ### Receive news by email Do you want to receive news and trends about the data visualisation sector? 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