Although I was not able to attend the Social Explorer Talk, I took a look at the NY Times website and was able to gather some information about the demographics of New York City. I think that this website comes in handy when it comes to making a documentary or some sort of demographic overview of a certain area. Although the website wasn’t entirely easy to navigate at first, I got the hang of it pretty quickly and was able to see (most currently) how the recent hurricane affected areas outside of New York City greatly. For example, the website reaffirmed my notions that New Jersey and the rest of the tri-state area had gotten hit quite hard by Sandy. I also believe that this website will be largely useful for us and our groups because they will show us some demographic details of the areas which we are studying.