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Black Friday is over (thank goodness) and now it’s time for the next part of this popular financial holiday: Analyzing the data.  Ebay gets credit for being first with their new website featuring a map of all transactions performed through the eBay Marketplace on Black Friday.

This transaction map was created as a study of the extensive activity that occurs in the eBay Marketplace on the biggest offline shopping day of the year. It is a visualization of all U.S.-based buyer and seller transactions on eBay on Black Friday, November 27, 2009 (12:00:00 AM to 11:59:59 PM EST). Although eBay is an international marketplace, this map is focused on U.S. data, as Black Friday is the traditional beginning of the holiday shopping season for the U.S.

Hit their site for the interactive map where you can zoom into your region of interest, and see the transactions over time.

via eBay Holiday: Black Friday 2009.

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It’s Black Friday, that black hole of consumerism that entangles Americans once a year as they fight, claw, and scratch their way through markets for good deals.  But we’re smarter than that right? We have the internet!  And I’ve gathered a few great deals for you to check out from the comfort of your couch today (and today only!):

• FlowingPrints 3 for 1: Hit their store and buy the whole series of 3 prints ($60) for the price of 1 ($20). Use coupon code bfridayfps20 .
• Amazon’s Black Friday Deals : Amazon has a new Black Friday page with some great deals on Video Games, Books, and more
• Ballistic Publishing : Buy 2 books and get 10% off, Buy 3 and get 15% off, buy 5 and get 20% off!
• FilterForge 50% off! Limited time offer, and includes a free beta key to FilterForge2.0!

So there you have it, gifts for the animator, visual effects artist, or visualization scientist in your life.  Or just anyone else that you forgot to get a gift for!

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