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  • The Cool Infographics 2011 Gallery...A Pinterest Experiment

    Cool Infographics
    Randy
    24 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
      Check out the Cool Infographics 2011 Gallery!  I’m trying an experiment using Pinterest to create a one-page, visual gallery of the infographics I post.  On this board I have pinned every post from the Cool Infographics blog from last year, and it makes a really nice, visual way to browse through the infographics I have shared.  One of the reasons I wanted to play around with Pinterest is that it displays the entire (sometimes very long) infographic, not just a square thumbnail like many galleries. In general, I keep the 10 most current posts on the front page of…

  • 5 Endangered Places to Visit Before They Disappear

    The Infographics
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:45 pm
    From the impressive snow caps of Mount Kilimanjaro to the romantic city of Venice, these are places under threat from changes in the environment. So to tie in with the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting which is currently being held in Davos, we have produced this exciting infographic which identifies our top 5 holiday destinations to visit before they’re gone. (via @ThomasCook)

  • What’s This Mobile Thing For, Again?

    Information Design Watch
    Lisa Agustin
    28 Dec 2011 | 11:06 am
    With more and more folks jumping on the smartphone bandwagon, and clients asking for mobile as part of their redesign projects, it’s not unusual to see articles on how to make your site mobile, or the latest design trends for mobile apps. How to develop for mobile is one of the forefront concerns of many web designers. But how about the Why? What are the specific advantages of mobile other than its ability to keep you distracted (productive?) while standing in line? Back in 2008, author and former Nokia executive Tomi Ahonen expounded on the unique opportunities of mobile as the…

  • The State of Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]

    Infographic List
    Arjan de Raaf
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:00 pm
    Filed under: Social Media Tagged: Facebook

  • Geek vs. Nerd: Which Are You?

    Cool Infographics
    Randy
    20 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
      The Geeks vs. Nerds head-to-head smack-down comes to us from MastersInIT.org.  In the ongoing battle between geek and nerd, one must take sides, but how can this be done without a solid argument for both personas? We here at Masters In IT (a mix of nerds and geeks) decided that it’s time to lay all the cards on the table to determine which is better and answer the question some fear to know: Are you a geek, or a nerd? A little text-heavy and lighter fare than I normally post, but this one is just fun to read through.  There are a handful of stats included, and the…
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  • Mindflash Infographic: Pros In Different Area Codes: How to Train a Remote Employee

    Column Five
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    Company HQ is in Nowheresville, USA. But that incredibly talented, can’t-live-without-’em prospective employee isn’t. Now more than ever, that isn’t a problem. But the new arrangement also presents a few challenges. How do you train an employee you’ve never met? How can you be sure they’re doing work that’s on par with what your in-house team is doing? Consider these tips created in this infographic with Mindflash.

  • Intuit Infographic: 2011 Small Business Holiday Season Wrap-Up

    Column Five
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    As we settle into the new year, it’s time to take a moment to reflect on how small business fared during the holidays, the biggest holiday sales season of the year for many. In this infographic done with Intuit, summarizes year-over-year changes in holiday sales overall, by geography, and by industry.

  • Mint Infographic: Stormy Weather: Are Americans Financially Prepared For a Rainy Day?

    Column Five
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    The start of a new year is the quintessential time to roll out a fresh financial plan. One of the more overlooked necessities of financial planning is the rainy day fund. Experts recommend you have at least six months of easily-accessible savings set aside in the case of an emergency. We created this infographic with Mint to learn about how Americans are doing in this department, as well as how to go about setting money aside for this important fund.  

  • Credit Sesame Interactive: Where Are Foreigners Buying Real Estate in U.S.

    Column Five
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    Many Americans consider homeownership a key stepping stone to achieving the “American Dream.” But no societal group values homeownership more than foreign-born U.S. residents: those who have come to the country to seek a better life. Consider this: nearly 80% of foreign-born U.S. residents owned a home in 2009, according to the National Association of Realtors. With that in mind, we set out with Credit Sesame to find the makeup of each state (i.e. where do its foreign-born residents come from?), and which states are most popular among foreign homebuyers and investors.

  • Massive Health Infographic: Swelling Servings: The Growth of American Food Portions

    Column Five
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    Waistlines and portions are expanding across America. An emphasis on getting more food for less money has caused restaurant and fast-food portions to grow over the last few decades. But the problem’s not limited to out-of-home portions. We take a closer look with Massive Health at how portions have grown and how we can regain control.
 
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  • Google Mint!

    Dustin
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:52 pm
    Ok, there’s not much charting going on here, but there is a whole lot of fascinating data on Google ad revenue, as compiled by search marketing company WordStream. It is stunning what companies are paying per click for some of these keywords. In revenge for years of mediocre service (and because it was fun), I just went and searched for “high speed internet deals” then clicked on Comcast’s ad – supposedly costing them >$20. That’ll teach ‘em! Design wise, this is pretty good. I might have shrunk (or killed) some of the clipart, made the fonts bigger, and tossed in a bar chart…

  • NOT a Global Warming Map?

    Dustin
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:23 pm
    The USDA has upgraded it’s plant hardiness map, which is based on average annual extreme temperatures. Horticulturists and gardeners use the maps as a gauge of what types of plants to grow. Some people think the new data indicates that temperatures are rising, and having visible effects on growing seasons and plant diversity. The USDA is (probably wisely) dodging the climate change aspects, pointing out that the methodologies used weren’t quite the same in the two versions. If you want to have fun, do a google news search for “plant hardiness” and see how different media coverage is…

  • The Future of Technology

    Dustin
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:30 am
    An interesting (ok, quick poll: should I stop calling things interesting? I only post stuff I think is interesting – seems a bit redundant, no?) long term look at new technology. At first look, it’s a bit boring and geeky – but the interactive popup descriptions really flesh it out. It would be easy to quibble about where things fall on the timeline, but overall I really enjoyed reading about all the hypothetical tech. Now that we have realized most of the science fiction from the 1900s, it was nice to see that we still have ways to dream and imagine. (via)

  • Unfolding the Earth

    Dustin
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:05 am
    An interesting algorithm based method of creating accurate globe projections. (via the Volume Project and NewScientist) Mapping the earth is a classic problem. For thousands of years cartographers, mathematicians, and inventors have come up with methods to map the curved surface of the earth to a flat plane. The main problem is that you cannot do this perfectly, such that both the shape and size of the surface are depicted properly everywhere. This has intrigued me for a long time. Why not just take a map of a small part of the earth, which is almost perfect, glue neighboring maps to it, and…

  • Red State Socialism

    Dustin
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    Anyone have a better idea of how to visualize this data? It feels like there should be one – but maybe sometimes a table is the right tool for the job.
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    Cool Infographics

  • Weight of the Union 2.0

    Randy
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:09 am
    From Anytime Fitness has released the Weight of the Union 2.0 infographic to coincide with the U.S. State of the Union Address this week. Last night, the President gave his State of the Union address to members of Congress and the general citizenry to report that our nation is moving in the right direction. But today we want to address what the President didn’t mention in his speech to the union. We want to discuss our nation’s biggest health concern: obesity. We are offering its own barometer for measuring progress — the second annual report called the “Weight of the…

  • The Cool Infographics 2011 Gallery...A Pinterest Experiment

    Randy
    24 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
      Check out the Cool Infographics 2011 Gallery!  I’m trying an experiment using Pinterest to create a one-page, visual gallery of the infographics I post.  On this board I have pinned every post from the Cool Infographics blog from last year, and it makes a really nice, visual way to browse through the infographics I have shared.  One of the reasons I wanted to play around with Pinterest is that it displays the entire (sometimes very long) infographic, not just a square thumbnail like many galleries. In general, I keep the 10 most current posts on the front page of…

  • Job Growth at the 100 Best Companies

    Randy
    23 Jan 2012 | 1:54 pm
    Designed by Nicolas Rapp, with Anne Vandermey (@Vandermy), Job Growth at the 100 Best Companies is a companion infographic for the Fortune feature article, 100 Best Companies to Work For. Fat paychecks, sweet perks, fun colleagues, and over 70,000 jobs ready to be filled — these employers offer dream workplaces. Like Google, which reclaims the top spot this year to become a three-time champion. Meet this year’s top 100, network with the winners on LinkedIn, and more. In the latest issue of Fortune Magazine. This is a great Bubble Map visualization that shows the reader three…

  • A Visual Guide to Marathon Running

    Randy
    20 Jan 2012 | 1:00 pm
    Taking it to the Streets: a Guide to Marathon Running is a cool infographic from CheapSally.com. As you may already be aware, the number one resolution I made for myself for 2012 was to try my hand at running a half marathon! After some research, I decided to partake in the L.A. Marathon in March, and I have been doing quite a bit to prepare. First and foremost, I put together a handy little marathon training schedule that will help me prepare for the run of my lifetime, I also did tons of research regarding super foods that help sustain energy, and lastly I created this infographic so that…

  • Geek vs. Nerd: Which Are You?

    Randy
    20 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
      The Geeks vs. Nerds head-to-head smack-down comes to us from MastersInIT.org.  In the ongoing battle between geek and nerd, one must take sides, but how can this be done without a solid argument for both personas? We here at Masters In IT (a mix of nerds and geeks) decided that it’s time to lay all the cards on the table to determine which is better and answer the question some fear to know: Are you a geek, or a nerd? A little text-heavy and lighter fare than I normally post, but this one is just fun to read through.  There are a handful of stats included, and the…
 
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    Information Is Beautiful

  • Hollywood budgets – extended deadline

    Alex, Editor
    24 Jan 2012 | 8:59 am
    Well, our Information is Beautiful Awards challenge on movie budgets is proving more popular than a DVD of Juno on a wet afternoon.We’ve had loads of great entries already. And some amazingly creative ideas are popping up.Like, Jermone Cukier‘s explorations of the dollar value of individual features of a plot. He cross-referenced keywords for each movie on IMDb with box office return. The result? A price tag for each plot element.Having an explosion in your film could earn you $150m, he finds. A love triangle $37m. And a psychopath – just $32m. See the list.All this is very…

  • A Taxonomy of Ideas?

    david
    13 Jan 2012 | 6:10 am
    Recently, when throwing ideas around with people, I’ve noticed something. There seems to be a hidden language we use when evaluating ideas. Neat idea. Brilliant idea. Dumb idea. Bad idea. Strange idea. Cool idea.There’s something going on here. Each one of these ideas is subtly different in character. Each adjective somehow conveys the quality of the concept in a way we instantly and unconsciously understand.For instance, a ‘neat’ idea is not the same as a ‘brilliant’ idea. A ‘bad’ idea is not quite the same as a ‘dumb’ idea.But…

  • Hollywood Budgets – A $5000 Data-Viz Challenge

    david
    10 Jan 2012 | 3:46 pm
    This might be our best dataset yet. A massive sheaf of numbers on every major Hollywood film since 2007. Their budgets, review scores, grosses, genres and profits. Just in time for the Oscars in February! We’re challenging people to visualise this data – either in a design or an interactive piece. And, thanks to beloved sponsors Kantar, we’ve got $5000 to give away to the winners.Best of all – you don’t need to be able to design. You can sketch your entry on a napkin.» Check out the challenge at InformationIsBeautifulAwards.com » Check out the data…

  • The Top 21 Albums of 2011 from 120 Top 10 Lists

    david
    2 Jan 2012 | 8:55 am
    All the top-rated albums from all the top top-ten lists visualized. Try saying that with a mouthful of egg-nog. Thanks to Metacritic.com’s awesome data clumping.Here’s nearly all of them on a single Spotify playlist.

  • Information is Beautiful Awards: Shortlist #2

    Alex, Editor
    13 Dec 2011 | 9:46 am
    The second shortlist of amazing entries for the monthly Information is Beautiful Awards challenge is up!Tasks don’t come much bigger than the one we set with the Guardian Datablog – visualizing the financial crisis.But you didn’t let us down.Follow the links to see this month’s selected visualizers - Design challenge - Napkin challenge - Interactive challenge (category debut)If you missed out on entering or being shortlisted this month, fear not! The next monthly challenge will be announced soon.Keep on top of announcements by following our awards on Twitter.
 
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  • More people want to learn statistics

    Nathan Yau
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:16 am
    Data is hot right now, so as you would expect, more people are signing up and applying to learn about it. Quentin Hardy for The New York Times reports. At North Carolina State, an advanced analytics program lasting 10 months has, since its founding in 2006, placed over 90 percent of its students annually. The average graduate’s starting salary for an entry-level job is $73,000. Its current class of 40 students had 185 applicants, and next year’s applications are already twice that. In 2009, Harvard awarded four undergraduate degrees in statistics. Two graduates went into finance, one to…

  • The Fixie Bike Index and hipsters

    Nathan Yau
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:50 am
    Priceonomics takes the association of fixie bikes to hipsters, and creates the Fixie Bike Index. After starting with New York, they branch out to national numbers. In short, fixed gear bikes = hipsters, and New York boroughs that have more fixies per capita should have more hipsters per capita. We sampled our data to see the number of used bikes for sale per capita in each borough with the term "fixie" or "fixed gear" in the product title to create the Fixie Index. I don't know about these numbers. I lived in Modesto for a year and don't remember people riding bikes — or hipsters, and…

  • Own and securely store your location with OpenPaths

    Nathan Yau
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:25 am
    There are a lot of ways to collect your location, whether it's for journaling and personal reflection or for sharing with others, but it can be tricky making use of your data once it's stored behind company servers. OpenPaths lets you collect your data via iPhone or their just released Android app. We inhabit a world where data are being collected about us on a massive scale. These data are being stored, analyzed and monetized primarily by corporations; there is limited agency for the people whom the data actually represent. We believe that people who generate data through their own…

  • Words used in SOTU and Republican presidential candidates in debates

    Nathan Yau
    24 Jan 2012 | 10:55 pm
    Jonathan Corum for The New York Times examines word usage by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union addresses and the words used by Republican candidates in their debates. Many of you will be happy to know that no word clouds were harmed in the making of this graphic. [New York Times]

  • In perspective: One hour of video uploaded to YouTube per second

    Nathan Yau
    24 Jan 2012 | 2:34 pm
    YouTube surpassed the one hour of video uploaded per second threshold recently. To put that rate into perspective, they launched a fun illustration-based site, One Hour Per Second. Big team effort headed by Punk & Butler, illustrations by Alex Eben Meyer, animation by Justin Young, and development by Use All Five. The concept is simple. A clock runs that shows how much time has passed, and things that could've happened during the runtime of video uploaded animate on the screen. For example, it starts with "In 1.5 seconds of uploads to YouTube, the International Space Station completes one…
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    Datavisualization.ch

  • A Thousand Milieus

    Benjamin Wiederkehr
    17 Jan 2012 | 9:09 am
    Berlin based designer and programmer Christopher Warnow had a closer look at the interest graph between people reading the same books. He developed an application that loads recommendations for a given book on Amzon.com and converts visualizes the information as a network. Soon, milieus of interest emerge showing related topics and additional literature.The application is written in Processing leveraging the power of the open source graph visualization library Gephi Toolkit. You can download the tool and read more information on Christopher’s website. Christopher Warnow is part…

  • Resonate 2012

    Benjamin Wiederkehr
    13 Dec 2011 | 4:49 am
    Another big event in 2012 has just been announced: Resonate New Media Festival . On March 16-17 20 speakers from Europe, Asia and North America will come present at the Dom Omladine in Belgrade, Serbia. To the day program of talks, workshops and panel discussions the organizers added an awesome night program with concerts, DJ sets and visual performances. Looks like something you should not miss!Resonate is setting new standards in the arts industry by creating a new platform for networking, information, knowledge sharing and education. It will bring together distinguished, world class…

  • Review: Designing Data Visualizations

    Benjamin Wiederkehr
    9 Dec 2011 | 3:59 am
    In a recent chat with Jérôme Cukier about the state of visualization related literature, he mentioned Julie Steele and Noah Iliinsky’s new book “Designing Data Visualizations” published by O’Reilly. Jérôme noted that it would be a good primer for people who are already working with data and looking for guidance about making their work more accessible. I thought of another group of people who might find themselves overwhelmed by the amount of choices they have to make while working on visualizations: designers with little knowledge about visual perception and how to…

  • Review of the Visualizing Marathon Berlin 2011

    Benjamin Wiederkehr
    5 Dec 2011 | 12:46 pm
    Students from the greater Berlin area gathered together on Saturday morning around 10am prepared to design and code away for the next 24 hours. The team behind Visualizing.org didn’t leave any wishes open and prepared excellent working conditions at the selected event location Urania. After a brief welcome message from GE the students learned about the data set they will try to make sense of. The data consisted of German demographics and health care statistics. The teams were assigned with the creation of a visualization that reveals true insights from the data and communicates them in…

  • Substratum — A Series of Inspirational Interviews

    Benjamin Wiederkehr
    3 Nov 2011 | 12:00 pm
    I am super hyped to introduce our pet project of this summer, called Substratum. It’s a series of inspirational interviews with some of today’s most influential designers and artists. 10 questions per interview, 2 interviews per issue, 1 issue per week until Christmas!We start today with the first issue titled “Space” containing interviews by Marius Watz and Theo Watson & Emily Gobeille. A total of 14 interviews are in store for you and will be released on a weekly basis. The complete list of names featured in Substratum remains secret, but includes people like Ben…
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  • The State of the Union Address 2012 - Infographically Enhanced

    25 Jan 2012 | 3:41 pm
    Similar to the original approach in 2011, this year's State of the Union was made available online in a so-called 'enhanced' version, which basically consisted of a split-screen video that shows President Obama giving his speech on one side, and a large collection contextual information and facts, as well as infographics, on the other. In other words: 1 hour and 5 minutes worth of high-level political facts, captured in 102 unique slides, of which about 26 can be labelled as visualization of some kind. You can watch the 'enhanced' version of the State of the Union 2012 below or at the White…

  • Time Maps: Morphing a Country According to its Travel Time

    25 Jan 2012 | 2:30 pm
    In the current age, we tend to think in time rather than absolute distance when estimating our itineraries. Accordingly, the beautiful Timemaps [timemaps.nl] by Vincent Meertens of Graph[s]ic shows the required travel times within The Netherlands by public transportation through morphing its silhouette along a colorful, circular time measure. Users are able to select any train station location (by clicking inside the map), and time of day (via a slider). As a result, the map will expand at night, and shrink in the morning due to the availability of trains. The color coding corresponds to the…

  • TEDx Talk on Molecular Animation: Combining Cinema and Biology

    24 Jan 2012 | 2:35 pm
    Right now, while you are reading this article, billions of your cells are busy replicating your DNA information. Although molecules are smaller than the wavelength of light, and thus we have no way to directly observe them, can we still somehow visualize these processes? Biomedical animator and MacArthur Foundation nominee Drew Berry of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research presents in a recent TEDx talk of less than 9 minutes, the state-of-the-art in molecular animation. He shows an accurate representation of the actual biological processes that happen on molecular scale,…

  • What Stamen Design Accomplished in 2011 (Cool Maps)

    18 Jan 2012 | 1:48 pm
    Infosthetics readers might know Stamen Design as one of the front-runners and innovators that drove the popularity of data visualization. With works like Oakland Crimespotting, Cabspotting and Trulia Hindsight, they combined the concept of mapping with new kinds of geo-located data. After some mass audience exposure through online live Twitter visualizations alongside various MTV awards, Stamen somehow disappeared a bit from the infosthetics radar. For those who are curious on what Stamen was up to, Erik just published an overview of what they did in 2011 [stamen.com]. Many of their works can…

  • Ushahidi: Free Software for Data Collection, Visualization & Mapping

    17 Jan 2012 | 1:12 pm
    Ushahidi [ushahidi.com] is a non-profit tech company that develops free and open source software for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping. "Ushahidi" means "testimony" in Swahili. It was also the title of a website that mapped reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election fallout at the beginning of 2008. Accordingly, its slogan is "Changing the World - One Map at the Time". Therefore, Ushahidi aims to empower organizations and people all over the world to increase public awareness around social events like elections, local crises or resources. It provides free…
 
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    Interactive Data Visualization

  • New Facebook Profile

    Ryan Goodman
    21 Jan 2012 | 1:11 am
    Today, I created a new Facebook profile that I wanted to share with the community, which will be a permanent channel for collaborating with the community. As you may also notice, you can comment on this blog using your Facebook account, and I will now reply directly from Facebook. The results should make this blog a more social and engaging experience for everyone. http://facebook.com/interactivevisualization

  • How will you work smarter in 2012?

    Ryan Goodman
    20 Jan 2012 | 11:37 am
    This year I wanted to maximize my time and work smarter, so I can invest my time on more important tasks.. like blogging! As a technologist, I am a firm believer that anything that can be digitalized, should be. Anyone who works with me knows that I am constantly trying to figure out ways to automate and simplify redundant tasks. A few weeks ago, I added a couple of new products to increase our productivity: 1.  Shoeboxed- Hours of organizing receipts are gone for ever. When I get a email receipt, I simply forward it to my address or when Kinkos gives me a printed receipt, I take a…

  • Xcelsius Blog You Must Bookmark

    Ryan Goodman
    19 Jan 2012 | 11:18 am
    Over the last few months, I have been a regular visitor to Josh Tapley’s blog, http://data-ink.com/. His natural design aesthetic coupled with technique is something I admire, and his willingness to share with the community is something that should be appreciated by anyone who is using his tools/techniques. I reached out to Josh to learn more about him and his experience and wanted to share with you: Q: When did you learn how to approach dashboard design best practices? A: I learned about Edward Tufte and Stephen Few right before I began using Xcelsius, which significantly impacted my…

  • Auto-Fill Feature with Free Component

    Ryan Goodman
    18 Jan 2012 | 12:18 pm
    Today, my team released a free component into our labs page called Input Text. This super-simple component is something that we have used for a long time, and I asked my team to package it up for the community to use and distribute. The driver for this effort was a recent requirement for auto-fill supplied by a customer. Instead of building an auto-fill component, I suggested a technique of combining our input text box with Filtered Summery. The combination worked like a charm and saved the customer thousands of dollars in custom development. From that experience, I wanted everyone to have…

  • Dashboard Data Overload Should Not Exist

    Ryan Goodman
    17 Jan 2012 | 12:07 pm
    Last week, I met with Scott Wallask from WISPubs for a webcast focused on data overload. In this short discussion, we focused our attention on common causes for data overload, how business users contribute to the problem, and ways to identify when you have reached data overload. What we didn’t discuss is real technology solutions for addressing data overload. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST The reality is that end user expectations for what a dashboard should do has evolved, and end users now expect dashboard platforms to include a level of data analysis and exploration above and beyond basic…
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    Data Mining: Text Mining, Visualization and Social Media

  • Bitly Users Vote with their Clicks on Vatican Scandal

    Matthew Hurst
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:37 pm
    By far the biggest story right now according to clicks on the bit.ly links to articles published by Reuters (as shown on d8taplex) is: This story doesn't make it on to Google News front page or even their page of world news. It's not on the BBC's front page or in its European news section. Could be quite simply due to the fact that Reuters got the news late and everyone has moved on, but I see an article on HuffPo on this (from the same source) posted 3 hours ago.  

  • Super-hot News

    Matthew Hurst
    23 Jan 2012 | 8:06 pm
    A simple list of articles may tell you that the ones at the top are 'more something' (relevant, popular, etc.) than those lower, but not by how much. I just noticed on the d8taplex news page that this article, entitled 'Starbucks to sell alcohol in some U.S. cafes' just hit 11, 430 clicks on bit.ly. This is an order of magnitude more than most articles get to in terms of bit.ly clicks.

  • Journalists' Tweets Provide Additional Story Context

    Matthew Hurst
    22 Jan 2012 | 10:49 pm
    I'm watching the bit.ly counts for Reuters story on the RIM guard change continue to jump up on the d8taplex news page. Because the d8taplex page links to the Twitter accounts of the journalists when they are available, I took a look at what Alastair Sharp was sharing on Twitter. Alastair provides a couple of tweets on the topic, including a link to a video interviewing the new CEO. I'll figure out a way to integrate recent tweets from the journalists into the interface in the near future.  

  • Visualizing the ROI of News Articles

    Matthew Hurst
    22 Jan 2012 | 12:41 pm
    By filtering on a contributors name (in the example below, I've filtered on the enigmatic Cynthia Johnston) the d8taplex news page can instantly show to what degree the contributors articles are getting attention (according to bit.ly stats). Here we see that from the pool of recent articles with CJ's name on, one has made it to the hot column, while nine are still in probation looking for some clicks. Over time, we will likely see articles move from the right to the left while new ones populate the unloved column. By filtering on country names, or other keywords, one can get a sense of where…

  • Exploring News

    Matthew Hurst
    20 Jan 2012 | 6:15 pm
    In experimenting with news aggregation and mining on the d8taplex site, I've come up with the following questions: Why are some news articles picked up and others not? News sources such as Reuters create articles that are either directly consumed or which are picked up by other publications and passed along. Who are these people writing these articles? What are their interests, areas of expertise and personalities? What is the role of the editor and how do they influence the selection and form of the content produced by the news machine? The next round of experimentation with news…
 
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    Well-formed data

  • WEF Risk Report 2011

    Moritz Stefaner
    11 Jan 2012 | 2:26 pm
    For the third year in a row, I was responsible for a good deal of the graphics in the annual Global Risk Report published by the World Economic Forum. For the report, hundreds of experts take part in a survey on their perception of what they consider the most important global risk and their inter–dependency. Three types of graphics are at the heart of the report: The “crystal” network diagram sheds light on the “Centers of Gravity” (systemically most important risks) in each category (Economic, Environmetal, Societal, Geopolitical, and Technological Risks) and the risks strongest…

  • Substratum interview

    Moritz Stefaner
    15 Dec 2011 | 5:04 am
    The fine folks over at Interactive Things interviewed a few great designers and hackers for their substratum interview series. I also answered some questions — read the interview here.

  • Force-based label placement

    Moritz Stefaner
    18 Nov 2011 | 3:24 pm
    Demo and code for a smart little label placement method developed in the Max Planck research networks project.

  • 5 years of well-formed-data

    Moritz Stefaner
    10 Nov 2011 | 8:00 am
    Five years ago, I posted the first entry on this blog. I think it is safe to say, it’s been a wild ride. I know lots of you who read this have been following my work for a long time, and I would sincerely thank you all for your attention, comments, and help. For the younger ones among you: 5 years ago, infosthetics was pretty in purple (with that awkward off-center vertical axis). 5 years ago, there was no flowingdata.com. But yes, we did have electricity, thanks for asking. What was I doing 5 years ago? Well, I was just starting my master’s at the interface design program at FH Potsdam.

  • Global Agenda Survey 2011

    Moritz Stefaner
    25 Oct 2011 | 4:44 am
    Old news for you, if you follow me on twitter already (or read infosthetics), but here is a quick pointer to the interactive graphics for the Global Agenda Survey 2011 we launched last week for the World Economic Forum: I realized the project together with the talented Jan Willem Tulp, from who you surely will hear much more over the next few months. A little technical note: The interactive graphics were all done in HTML5, with the help of the following great Javascript frameworks: raphael.js, underscore.js, d3.js. Except for the network visualization, all graphics run fully interactive…
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    Sankey Diagrams

  • Casual Friday Sankey Post: Wykres Sankeya

    phineas
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:45 am
    Just before I kick off for a short weekend trip, here is another Sankey for you to enjoy. It is from the Polish language Wikipedia and shows production of KClO3. This is more of a schematic flow diagram, as it doesn’t show any quantities. The blue boxes are processing steps. Two nice recycling loops in there from the crystalization step back to the electrolysis and from the other crystalization step back to the refining. ‘Szlam’ seems to be sludge. The individual Sankey arrows don’t show an arrow head, but little gray arrows indicate the flow direction from top to…

  • Kelsey Bixler’s personal Sankey diagram

    phineas
    23 Jan 2012 | 11:03 am
    Probably inspired by one of the many energy flow Sankey diagrams, such as the one shown in my last post, Kelsey Bixler of the ‘This blog is a system.’ blog has decided to make her own, quite personal hand-drawn diagram. This seems to have been part of an assignment. Kelsey “analyzed the various activities that involved the consumption of energy in a four hour period” of a typical weekday, including her activities at home, the trip to work, and her job at Chick’s Oyster Bar. She writes: “Below is a “Sankey Diagram” inspired diagram of the networking between…

  • US Energy Flows in 2010

    phineas
    17 Jan 2012 | 10:43 am
    Check out NETL January 2012 newsletter. It features a Sankey diagram with the 2010 data on U.S. Energy Flows. Publication details are here. Download high res version of the Sankey diagram (large PDF) here. This was prepared by Eric Shuster and is an update to the Sankey diagrams published annually by LLNL. It has the energy carriers on the left, energy conversion in the middle, and energy use sectors on the right. Primary energy consumption in the U.S. in 2010 is estimated to have amounted to 98 quads (quadrillion BTUs). “NETL energy analysts have produced for the public a set of Sankey…

  • Emissions Sankey of an Austrian Brewery

    phineas
    10 Jan 2012 | 10:01 am
    A company brochure commemorating ’10 Years of Environmental Management’ at Murau Breweryin Austria features this sparkling green Sankey diagram: The diagram visualizes gaseous emissions (carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen, …) from different equipments (e.g. steam boiler, fermentation tank, flare, …) in 2004. Carbon dioxide emissions are given in absolute values as flow label. All flows in kilograms (Note: nitrogen quantity (‘Stickstoff’) probably erronously labeled ‘Mio kg’ in the legend). Good job … Prost!

  • Exergy and Enthalpy Sankey Diagrams

    phineas
    9 Jan 2012 | 8:54 am
    Found the two Sankey diagrams on the website of the Exergy Design Joint Research Lab of Osaka University in Japan. The diagrams are for enthalpy and exergy in a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC). Can’t fully understand what it means, but both are simple breakout Sankey diagrams that could also be presented as a pie chart. The first one is titled “Enthalpy Sankey Diagram”: The second one is a “Exergy Sankey Diagram”: Anybody care to explain more? Looking at the choice of color one could be led to believe that enthalpy is female, while exergy is male.
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    Cartogrammar

  • Submit to the Atlas of Design

    Andy Woodruff
    23 Jan 2012 | 11:09 am
    This is a quick plug for a new publication being put together by NACIS (the North American Cartographic Information Society, also known as the most awesome bunch of cartographers anywhere): the Atlas of Design, which will feature “cartography at its most beautiful, its cleverest, its sharpest, and its most intriguing.” It’ll be the best coffee table book ever! A couple of our favorite cartographers are out there now rounding up work from all of our other favorite cartographers. If you’ve got a map to show off, submit it for consideration! If you know people who have…

  • Things I hope you want: this year’s typographic maps

    Andy Woodruff
    12 Dec 2011 | 4:13 pm
    Permit me one avaricious advertisement of a blog post this holiday season. We at Axis Maps have several new typographic city maps that have come out since the summer, and, well, we think they make super gifts. Here are the ones I haven’t mentioned on the blog before. Chicago letterpress: Two-color prints of the downtown area, with a light blue background on the lake and rivers and either blue or black ink for the text. An addition from the poster prints is the inclusion of the ‘L’ transit lines. San Francisco letterpress (2nd edition): In either blue or black ink, this one…

  • Cartogrammar is stupid

    Andy Woodruff
    30 Oct 2011 | 10:49 pm
    Three or four years in, I’m sick of that “Cartogrammar” name. I’m abandoning it and using my own name instead: andywoodruff.com. Back in 2007, or maybe 2008, I agonized over choosing a domain name. Those were wild days, a time when we all had to try to compete with the more badass names of our friends’ websites (e.g., or really i.e., indiemaps). Eventually I settled on Cartogrammar for its mild wordplay. It was about the grammar of cartography or some such nonsense. It never was a cool name and I never did invent a meaning for it, but even worse is that it sounds…

  • Cartography and NACIS 2011

    Andy Woodruff
    23 Oct 2011 | 10:11 pm
    I’ve recently returned from the annual meeting of the North American Cartographic Information Society in my old stomping grounds of Madison, Wisconsin. I’ve mentioned NACIS here in the past. It’s a wonderful organization and it holds the best conference ever. While I will recap some of the conference (which was very good this year), this time I’ve been thinking about it as a good representation of the state of American cartography. Even if you don’t care about the conference, bear with me as I hit on a few of its points and contemplate their significance to the…

  • Mapping Flickr colors again. Better late than never.

    Andy Woodruff
    7 Sep 2011 | 9:33 pm
    About two years ago I picked up small side project that involved messing with geotagged Flickr photos to generate maps of the photographed colors of a landscape, and I liked the idea so much that I vowed to keep it up. So I did. With a short two year break in the middle. I came back to it for the above map, which was done as a feature in the Ideas section of this past Sunday’s Boston Globe. I’d post a link, but after a day or so external links are redirected to some stupid archived text-only version. It’s the second newspaper map to come from the Bostonography blog that Tim…
 
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    Junk Charts

  • A counterfeit data graphic

    junkcharts
    21 Jan 2012 | 12:05 pm
    Just as there are counterfeit handbags that look like the real thing, there are fake data graphics that look like the real thing. Reader San C. shows us an example of this (found on the All Things D blog here): At first sight, this appears to be a bubble chart. Further, the legend is telling us that the colors are meaningful. So, the bubbles correspond to different types of data, grouped by color, and the size of the bubbles represents the relative level of concern expressed by respondents. That would be true if we were looking at the "real thing". But this is a counterfeit. How do…

  • Flaming out

    junkcharts
    17 Jan 2012 | 10:29 pm
    Long-time reader Omegatron tells us about this report card issued by ACLU on the liberal-ness of different potential candidates for U.S. President. (link to PDF) Perhaps because the designer realizes what a mess this chart is, he decides to greet readers with the legend text, typically shoved to the sides of a chart. "Ratings are determined on zero-to-four torch scale." This leaves me scratching my head because I see flaming torches and I see black torches without flames. Is it really an 8-point scale with half points? Eventually, I realized that the torches without flames are part…

  • Two tales of one dataset

    junkcharts
    10 Jan 2012 | 7:26 am
    The following two charts plot the same data, the yearly amount of rainfall in Los Angeles over the last two decades or so. (The original chart, on the left, came from the LA Times. Link here.) Why do they give such different impressions?   The left chart appears very busy despite the simplest data set, thanks to printing the entire set of 21 numbers, each to the second decimal point on the chart itself. The axis labels do not provide extra information when all the data has been included, and it is highly unlikely any reader of the newspaper requires precise measurements of rainfall.

  • The war on infographics

    junkcharts
    7 Jan 2012 | 9:37 am
    Megan McArdle (The Atlantic) is starting a war on the infographics plague. (Here, infographics means infographics posters.)  Excellent debunking, and absorbing reading. It's a long post. Her overriding complaint is that designers of these posters do not verify their data. The "information" shown on these charts is frequently inaccurate, and the interpretation is sloppy. In the Trifecta checkup framework, this data deficiency breaks the link between the intent of the graphic and the (inappropriate) data being displayed. (Most infographics posters also fail to find the right…
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    Information Design Watch

  • Metadata in Action

    Henry Woodbury
    21 Jan 2012 | 10:23 am
    Doing a comparative analysis of search functionality, I came across an interesting interactive diagram at the National Archives of Australia. Using simple rollovers the diagram explains the metadata hierarchy used within the Commonwealth Record Series (CRS) System. To see the diagram, start at the Search the Collection page, click “Search as Guest”, then click the “RecordSearch – Advanced search” tab. Here’s a screenshot: Compare this to the boxes-and-arrows diagram used in the 4700-word CRS Manual. What gives the interactive chart its punch is the use of…

  • SOPA Day

    Henry Woodbury
    18 Jan 2012 | 10:53 am
    Wikipedia (English) is blacked out. Wikipedia is just one of many. Other sites, including Google, are acknowledging the protest. Kirby Ferguson explains. Update: This is off-topic for this blog, but it is important to note that free use is not just about the internet. On Wednesday the Supreme Court failed to overturn a 1994 Congressional act that removes thousands of musical texts from the public domain.

  • The Cost of Research

    Henry Woodbury
    13 Jan 2012 | 11:59 am
    As the rumble between intellectual property and free speech advances into the ring drawn by SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act), Michael B. Eisen draws attention to a fight on the undercard. Eisen, professor of molecular and cell biology, critiques The Research Works Act which, in his words: …would forbid the N.I.H. [National Institutes of Health] to require, as it now does, that its grantees provide copies of the papers they publish in peer-reviewed journals to the library. If the bill passes, to read the results of federally funded research, most Americans would have to buy access to…

  • What’s This Mobile Thing For, Again?

    Lisa Agustin
    28 Dec 2011 | 11:06 am
    With more and more folks jumping on the smartphone bandwagon, and clients asking for mobile as part of their redesign projects, it’s not unusual to see articles on how to make your site mobile, or the latest design trends for mobile apps. How to develop for mobile is one of the forefront concerns of many web designers. But how about the Why? What are the specific advantages of mobile other than its ability to keep you distracted (productive?) while standing in line? Back in 2008, author and former Nokia executive Tomi Ahonen expounded on the unique opportunities of mobile as the…

  • The Infographic Dump

    Henry Woodbury
    27 Dec 2011 | 9:57 am
    I’ve been meaning to write about a spate of bad infographics I’ve been seeing recently in blog posts and social media feeds, but Megan McArdle beat me to it: If you look at these lovely, lying infographics, you will notice that they tend to have a few things in common: They are made by random sites without particularly obvious connection to the subject matter. Why is Creditloan.com making an infographic about the hourly workweek? Those sites, when examined, either have virtually no content at all, or are for things like debt consolidation–industries with low reputation where…
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    DesignNotes by Michael Surtees

  • On the Appropriateness of the Mad Men Poster

    michael
    23 Jan 2012 | 8:22 am
    Last week I came across a poster advertising the premier date for this year’s season of Mad Men. I took a shot of it for my daily photo project and posted it to Flickr, Instagram and Twitter. My tweeted title was “I’m not too sure how appropriate is this Mad Men poster”. Thinking nothing more of it I continued with my day and shooting more images each morning. A couple days later I went back to the photo and noticed a spike in traffic to the photo. A couple blogs had used the image in posts talking about it. Looking at the comments from the posts it’s interesting to see…

  • My Initial Reaction to the Book on Saul Bass

    michael
    22 Jan 2012 | 9:47 am
    2011 was a crazy year for me so over Christmas I rewarded the hard work I put in by buying a couple design books. I bought Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible by Sophie Lovell, Helvetica and the New York City Subway System: The True (Maybe) Story by Paul Shaw and Saul Bass by Jennifer Bass & Pat Kirkham. The first two books came right away but the Bass book was on back order and there was no defined delivery date. I ordered it anyways from Amazon. To my surprise it arrived a couple days after the first two books. This post isn’t as much a review (I haven’t read the…

  • Getting a Glimpse Into Ford’s Design Process

    michael
    16 Jan 2012 | 5:13 pm
    It’s been almost a week since I was in Detroit for the North American International Autoshow that Ford invited me to. I’ve had a bit of time to reflect on the days that I was there and wanted to start talking about what I saw inside Ford. I along with 149 other bloggers from across the world got access inside the company that they’ve never given the public access to. We checked out different labs for testing, rooms where designs are reviewed and some of the workspace that clay models are created. We also had the chance to talk to a lot of the people working in those spaces.

  • Cars I liked on the first day of the North American International Auto Show

    michael
    10 Jan 2012 | 8:07 am
    Having never been to Detroit or the North American International Auto Show, here’s a couple cars that caught my eye on the first day.

  • Experiencing the Henry Ford Museum

    michael
    9 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am
    The Henry Ford Museum was the backdrop for the first dinner put on with Ford in conjunction with the North American International Auto Show. I had the opportunity to walk around the museum both before and after dinner. I was really was really impressed with the eclectic nature of the collection and vast size. There was everything from cars to trains to airplanes to different forms of machines that made energy. I really enjoyed seeing how a lot of those items have evolved over time. Going through the bus that Rosa Parks sat in was a really fascinating experience. People are invited to walk and…
 
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    Visual Business Intelligence

  • Alberto Cairo and Functional Art

    Stephen Few
    24 Jan 2012 | 6:29 pm
    When I participated as a judge and speaker at last year’s Malofiej conference in Spain—the Oscars of journalistic infographics—I had a chance to become acquainted with Alberto Cairo, who has since become a trusted friend and colleague. I discovered while at the conference that it was a result of Alberto’s suggestion that I was invited to attend. Alberto is one of the few infographic designers that I know who has a mature understanding of the work. Beginning as a journalist in Spain, Alberto approached the work first as a communicator, and second as a graphic designer. He has…

  • Data Visualization and the Placebo Effect

    Stephen Few
    9 Jan 2012 | 4:16 pm
    I was listening to “Science Friday” on NPR last week and heard about the work of Ted Kaptchuk, Director of Harvard University’s Program in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic Encounter. I was particularly interested in one of his studies that investigated placebo effects on asthma. This study tested physical effects of real medication vs. placebos as well as patients’ perceptions of the effects. Over the course of 12 sessions, subjects were given the following three different treatments and a non-treatment session three times each: 1) an albuterol inhaler, 2) a placebo…

  • Dieter Rams’ Ten Principles for Good Design

    Stephen Few
    15 Dec 2011 | 6:54 pm
    On Monday of this week I travelled from Berkeley across the Bay Bridge into San Francisco to have dinner with a friend who was staying at a hotel next to the Museum of Modern Art, so I decided to go a little early and enjoy the current exhibits. I’m glad I did, because the work of industrial designer Dieter Rams is currently on exhibit, along with his extraordinary principles for good design. For several decades Rams designed products for Braun and Vitsoe, and has been a leading inspiration behind Apple’s approach to product design. The simple beauty of products such as the iPhone…

  • Visual Complexity: a review of Manuel Lima’s new book

    Stephen Few
    16 Nov 2011 | 12:55 pm
    Until August 30, 2009, I knew little about Manual Lima and his work beyond the fact that he ran the data visualization website www.VisualComplexity.com. When he published his “Information Visualization Manifesto” on that day, however, I recognized him as a kindred spirit: someone who believed that data visualizations should be designed to enlighten. When I recently heard that he had written a book, Visual Complexity: Mapping Patterns of Information, I was eager to read it. I finally had my chance, and here are my thoughts. It’s important to recognize up front that this book…

  • Decision Factories

    Stephen Few
    14 Nov 2011 | 10:49 am
    I just finished reading Daniel Kahneman’s new book Thinking, Fast and Slow. If you don’t recognize his name, he along with Amos Tversky won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their game-changing work in psychology about decision making. Their pioneering work introduced our current understanding of the two systems that drive the way we think. According to the description on the inside flap of the book’s slip cover: System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Kahneman exposes the extraordinary…
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    Info Graphics Pool

  • Wigglerama - February '12 Edition!

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:02 am
    Kyle Pellet has added a photo to the pool: Wigglerama! DJ Coco // Boboso // special guest DJ Cranberry Thursday, February 2, 8-10PM Caffe Frascati 315 S. First St. San Jose www.caffefrascati.com www.twitter.com/pelletfactory shop.pelletfactory.com pelletfactory.tumblr.com www.pelletfactory.com

  • Lean six sigma // Information Design

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:05 am
    lemongraphic has added a photo to the pool: CLICK HERE VIEW FULL INFORMATION Lean Six Sigma is a business management strategy info graphic poster. This six sigma process is seek improvement on the quality of process outputs in manufacturing and business processes. The five process namely, Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve and Control. An information design Solution to eliminate problem during the process. Visit my homepage

  • Lean six sigma // Information Design

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:05 am
    lemongraphic has added a photo to the pool: CLICK HERE VIEW FULL INFORMATION Lean Six Sigma is a business management strategy info graphic poster. This six sigma process is seek improvement on the quality of process outputs in manufacturing and business processes. The five process namely, Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve and Control. An information design Solution to eliminate problem during the process. Visit my homepage

  • Lean six sigma // Information Design

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:05 am
    lemongraphic has added a photo to the pool: CLICK HERE VIEW FULL INFORMATION Lean Six Sigma is a business management strategy info graphic poster. This six sigma process is seek improvement on the quality of process outputs in manufacturing and business processes. The five process namely, Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve and Control. An information design Solution to eliminate problem during the process. Visit my homepage

  • Lean six sigma // Information Design

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:05 am
    lemongraphic has added a photo to the pool: CLICK HERE VIEW FULL INFORMATION Lean Six Sigma is a business management strategy info graphic poster. This six sigma process is seek improvement on the quality of process outputs in manufacturing and business processes. The five process namely, Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve and Control. An information design Solution to eliminate problem during the process. Visit my homepage
 
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    Daily Infographic

  • SOPA & PIPA Explained [infographic]

    Diego Martinez-Moncada
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:44 am
    Continuing with the theme of my post on Monday on the protests to the SOPA bill, click here if you haven’t seen it, today’s infographic actually explains the bill. One of the biggest problems of the bill is the wording, surprisingly it is vague and allows for misinterpretation. What a surprise, legislation that can misinterpreted. Ultimately the argument remains that the internet should remain free of government intervention, it seems almost 1984ish to think the government could censor the internet. Enjoy today’s infographic! [via] © Diegomartinez for Daily Infographic,…

  • The Local Web [infographic]

    Lindsey Savino
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    I can barely remember my life without the Internet or a time when the yellow pages had a use. The World Wide Web has become a mirror image of real life as establishments and individuals take advantage of the endless online marketing opportunities and develop a presence online. Heck, it seems like every business has a Facebook page for you to “like,” every restaurant has a Yelp.com profile that allows word of mouth to go viral, and every activity has had at least one clever Groupon offer. Today’s infographic emphasizes how a localized online presence affects a business’s growth,…

  • Pick Your Poison [infographic]

    Chelsey Kilzer
    24 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    Happy Tuesday! While Tuesday isn’t the most exciting day of the week, as it is just after Monday and very far away from Friday, hopefully today’s infographic will inspire you to take a mid week break for a little fun! Maybe hit up a happy hour, perhaps dollar beer night at Cain and Ables if you fall into the beer loving category or House Wine for you wine-o’s (both local Austin establishments). This post gives an interesting insight to American adult alcohol preference. As someone who is around a lot of drinkers most of the time, I feel that I could have accurately predicted…

  • Wikipedia’s Blackout [infographic]

    Diego Martinez-Moncada
    23 Jan 2012 | 7:45 am
    I doubt most of you don’t already know this, but last Wednesday Wikipedia shut down for the day along with reddit and others in protest of SOPA and PIPA. These two bills are supposed to stop the online pirating of music and movie. Unfortunately to do so would be a censorship of the internet and threatens several of our favorite sites, Megaupload being one of the first victims, having been shut down recently. It is scary to think that the government can come in and change the internet, what would Ron Swanson think? If you are interested in learning more about these two bills you should…

  • Funniest Deaths [infographic]

    Julie Tabouli
    22 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    Death isn’t exactly an event most would consider funny (at least by contemporary western standards). Still, it happens literally all the time. The possibilities for death’s circumstances are dependent on an infinite amount of variables in every individual’s life. These variables collide in absurd, funny (albeit, darkly funny) ways more often than you would think. In fact, as this infographic reveals, quite a few people have actually died laughing. The old expression has its root in history! This however, is probably the least ridiculous way to die listed below. Among the top seven in…
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    Best Infographics

  • Android vs iOS: Security #Infographic

    cyrus
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:55 am
    As smartphones become adopted by more folks, they get more attention from hackers and crackers. We all would like to assume that our mobile OS is secure. But both iOS and Android are not hacker proof. The below infographic by Vera Code shows how Android stacks up against iOS in terms of security:

  • Tablet Adoption At Work {Infographic}

    cyrus
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:17 am
    Tablets are on the rise. They make it easier for professionals to get things done at work and on the go. As work environments become more mobile-friendly, tablets are expected to play a big role in them. The iOS continues to be the top dog in this market. But Android is catching up fast. This infographic published on Venture Beat shows the state of tablet adoption in work environments: The future does seem bright for tablets.

  • ACTA Infographic: What It’s All About

    cyrus
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:53 am
    SOPA and PIPA are not the only bills that the online world is worried about. ACTA is another dangerous treaty that would trample on our civil rights and put free speech in danger. This infographic shows why ACTA is so dangerous: [via]

  • The Top 50 Tourist Attractions in the World {Infographic}

    cyrus
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:17 am
    No matter how much you like to travel and how many places you have seen, there are always awesome places to visit in person. Going through the list of most visited places around the globe could give you an idea or two for your next trip. This infographic by Travel Supermarket shows the 50 most popular travel destinations in 2011:

  • The Cost of Dying #Infographic

    cyrus
    25 Jan 2012 | 7:22 am
    Dying can be quite expensive for your loved ones. The costs of throwing together a funeral can reach thousands of dollars. Traditional burial could set you back for as much as $10,000 (or more in some cases). Nobody likes to prepare for deaths and funerals ahead of time. But if you have wondered about the costs associated with throwing a funeral together, this infographic by Life Insurance Quotes has you covered:
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    The Infographics

  • 5 Endangered Places to Visit Before They Disappear

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:45 pm
    From the impressive snow caps of Mount Kilimanjaro to the romantic city of Venice, these are places under threat from changes in the environment. So to tie in with the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting which is currently being held in Davos, we have produced this exciting infographic which identifies our top 5 holiday destinations to visit before they’re gone. (via @ThomasCook)

  • Big Time Heists

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:41 pm
    From small home invasions to big heists, burglary is one of the most common crimes in the world. In fact, According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, one robbery occurs every 54 seconds. While a typical home invasion costs its victim an average of $1,268, a big-time heist could cost millions. Could you imagine losing over $300 million dollars? That is precisely what happened at the Gardner Museum in March of 1990. Check out the details of that heist, and 9 others in our infographic that details the circumstances surrounding 10 big-time heists that took place all over the world. (via…

  • The St. Louis Workforce: A Gateway to Employment

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:39 pm
    With the recent buzz around St. Louis, we wanted to give our perspective on why St. Louis is a great place to work and live, focusing on the St. Louis workforce. For starters, St. Louis’ unemployment rate is lower than the national unemployment rate. St. Louis, on average, is also more educated than the nation with 41 percent of residents having completed postsecondary education. Because of these statistics, it’s not hard to understand why The Huffington Post named St. Louis as one of the “Top 10 Best Cities for Recent Grads” in 2011. Check out our infographic to find out what else…

  • Nürburgring Infographic - aka The Green Hell

    25 Jan 2012 | 9:42 am
    Germany’s Nürburgring, nicknamed the Green Hell, is one of the longest and most challenging race tracks in the world. It’s made up of two racetracks - the Nordschleife (Northern Loop), and the Grand Prix Circuit which combined cover over 26km. This makes it the worlds longest permanent racetrack, that is until the Gotland Ring is completed later this year. It’s a race track, a testing center for new cars, and a is open to public speed junkies for just €26/lap. The Nürburgring is an insanely twisty track with 40 left-hand bends, 50 right-hand bends and a 300m height difference.

  • The Truth About Facebook Depression

    25 Jan 2012 | 5:44 am
    Source: mashable.com via Hitoshi on Pinterest
 
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    ChartsBin's Latest updates

  • How Moody's, S&P and Fitch Rate Each Country's Credit Rating

    16 Jan 2012 | 7:31 am
    (Click above image to see an interactive chart/map)This collection of interactive maps shows credit rating for each country. What is Credit Rating? A credit rating estimates the credit worthiness of an individual, corporation, or even a country. A credit rating is also known as an evaluation of a potential borrower's ability to repay debt, prepared by a credit rating agency (CRA). Credit ratings are calculated from financial history and current assets and liabilities. Typically, a credit rating tells a lender or investor the probability of the subject being able to pay back a loan. What…

  • Gender Inequality Index

    8 Dec 2011 | 9:07 am
    (Click above image to see an interactive chart/map)The Gender Inequality Index (GII) reflects women’s disadvantage in three dimensions—reproductive health, empowerment and the labour market—for as many countries as data of reasonable quality allow. The index shows the loss in human development due to inequality between female and male achievements in these dimensions. It ranges from 0, which indicates that women and men fare equally, to 1, which indicates that women fare as poorly as possible in all measured dimensions. The health dimension is measured by two indicators:…

  • Alternative and Nuclear Energy (Percentage of Total Energy Use)

    15 Nov 2011 | 8:09 pm
    (Click above image to see an interactive chart/map)This map shows clean energy, expressed as a percentage of  total energy use. Clean energy is noncarbohydrate energy that does not produce carbon dioxide when generated. It includes hydropower and nuclear, geothermal, and solar power, among others."Create your own interactive map - Get started now - ChartsBin.com"

  • Percentage of Insufficiently Active Population

    7 Nov 2011 | 9:49 pm
    (Click above image to see an interactive chart/map)This map shows percentage of defined population(aged 15 or above; age-standardized estimate) attaining less than 5 times 30 minutes of moderate activity per week, or less than 3 times 20 minutes of vigorous activity per week, or equivalent."Create your own interactive map - Get started now - ChartsBin.com"

  • Mortality Due to Chronic Respiratory Diseases

    3 Nov 2011 | 11:07 pm
    (Click above image to see an interactive chart/map)The above map shows the age-standardized estimate of mortality by Chronic respiratory diseases per 100,000 people. Chronic respiratory diseases are chronic diseases of the airways and other structures of the lung. Some of the most common are asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), respiratory allergies, occupational lung diseases and pulmonary hypertension. Chronic respiratory diseases were responsible for 4.2 million deaths globally in 2008."Create your own interactive map - Get started now - ChartsBin.com"
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    The Infographics Showcase

  • Stag and Hen Trends 2011

    Infographics Guy
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:01 pm
    The UK calls them Stag and Hen parties.  Here, we call them Bachelor and Bachelorette parties.  So, Redseven, the leading hen and stag company, put together this infographic to show the trends on hen and stag parties in the UK. Most Popular Locations In the UK, hens favor London and stags favor Bournemouth.  Overseas, hens favor Marbella and stags favor Riga. Biggest Expense Booze.  No big shocker there.  Stags spend more money all around, but the food to booze ratio is smaller for hens than it it is for stags. Surprise? Hens like suprises.  44% of hen parties keep the destination…

  • The Google Driverless Car

    Infographics Guy
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:07 pm
    Have you even heard about this?  It’s not a new thing – a factoid at the top tells us that the General Motors Futurama exhibit at New York City’s 1939 World’s Fair featured a driverless electric car.  It was controlled by radio and powered by circuits embedded in the roadway. It’s Coming Now they tell us that Google has been testing vehicles equipped with driverless navigation systems, and that the cars tested have driven 1000 miles without human intervention and another 140,000 miles with a little bit of human intervention.  Incidentally, 140,000 miles…

  • Feed The Pig – Savings Strategies for 25-34 Year Olds

    Infographics Guy
    25 Jan 2012 | 2:43 pm
    Any time is a good time to start saving.  Obviously, the sooner you start, the more money you will have when you really need it.  This infographic reminds us that there are a lot of things to save for – retirement, emergencies, personal goals, and more.  So what are the savings trends among people of prime savings age (25-34), and why aren’t more people saving money? Saving Money…In Theory A small graph in the upper left corner shows the most likely New Years Resolutions among 25-34 year-olds, and the number one choice is to save more money.  That’s followed by…

  • B2B Marketing: LinkedIn vs. Facebook Comparison Infographic

    Infographics Guy
    25 Jan 2012 | 1:52 pm
    B2B marketers use LinkedIn and B2C marketers use Facebook. That’s only logical, right? Conventional wisdom says that B2B marketing simply doesn’t work on Facebook because prospects are socializing. But does this really make sense? Sheer numbers point to Facebook as a better opportunity for B2B marketers. Facebook blows LinkedIn out of the water in important states like users, minutes, and even users over the age of 35. That certainly seems like a good reason to use Facebook for B2B marketing, especially if no one else is. At first glance, it seems counter-intuitive to market B2B products…

  • FSC-Certified Recycled Paper Saves Trees

    Infographics Guy
    24 Jan 2012 | 8:31 am
    ForestEthics created a survey & asked people, “Why Do Forests Matter to You?” This is the word cloud infographic they created from those responses. Source: http://forestethics.org/wfdsurvey Conquest Graphics asks some great questions about why recycled paper is so important in the printing industry. What are the issues involved in using recycled paper? Why is it important that you deal with companies that are FSC-certified? These are questions which may be viewed as separate issues, but in fact they are related. It’s important that you as a responsible buyer of printed…
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    Reprographics 101 (more than you ever wanted to know about the reprographics industry)

  • CONTEST REMINDER: GUESS ARC'S FULL-YEAR 2011 SALES

    Joel Salus
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:57 pm
    So far, only a few people have entered the contest, so the chance of winning the prize is excellent for anyone who enters this contest.Here's a link to the post I did about the contest: http://reprographics.blogspot.com/2012/01/contest-announcement.html

  • RR Donnelly, an offset printer, facing much of the same challenges that Reprographers are facing?

    Joel Salus
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:34 pm
    I don’t like to clutter Reprographics 101 with too many articles about companies who are not in the reprographics industry, but I found this article – about R.R. Donnelly & Sons Company (NYSE:RRD), one of the largest offset printing companies in the world – to be quite interesting. This article was written by an “investor-type” person; the article is directed at RRD from an “investment” perspective (to, or not to).What prompted the author to write the article was the plunge in RRD’s stock price – stock price was $14.41 on January 14th, and, today, RRD is right around…

  • Upcoming Reprographics Bid/RFP Opportunity – Denver International Airport

    Joel Salus
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:53 am
    Unfortunately, this Bid/RFP opportunity will only be available to reprographics companies who are “certified” as Minority and/or Women Owned Businesses. To Reprographers out in the Denver, CO area, you need to lobby your elected representatives to open up reprographics services Bid/RFP opportunities to “all” qualified vendors!In this day and age, when government agencies ARE SUPPOSED TO BE dedicated to finding ways to save taxpayer dollars, it is, to me unconscionable for government agencies, who spend taxpayer dollars, to limit competition on Bid/RFP opportunities (of any kind) to…

  • A colony on the moon - Go Newt!

    Joel Salus
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:59 am
    I promised “no politics” on Reprographics 101. I just wanted to share this one with my blog-visitors, as it was funnier than a Dilbert cartoon strip. There was yet another Republican debate, last night in Jacksonville, FL; look at what was said (it made me laugh out loud.) “About an hour later, Romney pounced when the topic turned to Gingrich's proposal for a permanent American colony on the moon – an issue of particular interest to engineers and others who live on Florida's famed Space Coast.” “A career businessman before he became a politician, Romney said: ‘If I had a…

  • Océ's Tips on What to Consider When Purchasing a Wide Format Scanner

    Joel Salus
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:38 am
    Friday, January 27, 2012 Press release from the issuing company (OCE) Today’s scanners are faster, more productive, capture color more accurately, have better image quality and are more affordable due to advancements in technology. There are also more options than ever before, which can make it difficult to select the wide format scanner that is right for your unique needs. Whether you plan to use your scanner for digitizing maps, fine art, construction drawings or posters, it is critical to understand the many choices available. Below, Océ, a Canon Group company and an international…
 
 
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    Newsilike

  • The Path From RN to BSN

    Newsilike
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:56 am
    The Path to Becoming a Nurse is Easier than you Think! With today’s tough job market, nursing is one of the few fields that remains in high demand. Providing a high potential for employment and job security, the path to a rewarding career in nursing is easier than ever. A BSN degree provides practical skills in the workplace, teaches critical thinking, and ultimately prepares students for a leadership position in nursing. Attain your nursing degree is easier and quicker now than ever! Brought to you by Univeristy of Texas Arlington, an economical option for getting your Texas RN to BSN.

  • High Cost Of Dying

    cdizzle
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:50 pm
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  • The State of OpenCourseWare

    Newsilike
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:49 am
    Via: Online College Courses Blog

  • The Big Mac Index

    Newsilike
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:07 am
    Via: Bic Mac Index

  • 7 Deadly Sins Of Mobile Marketing

    Newsilike
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:04 am
    This inforgraphic explains how to run a successful SMS campaign by avoiding the ‘7 Deadly Sins of Mobile Marketing‘. The data comes from original, primary research, and is backed up by secondary research from eConsultancy and the Information Commissioners Office. This form of advertising costs very little so may be of interest to any readers with small businesses, as well as those in charge of large organisations and anyone interested in Marketing.
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    Infographics Archive

  • SOPA STRIKE: End Piracy, Not Liberty

    Infographics Archive
    18 Jan 2012 | 2:19 pm
    Millions of Americans oppose SOPA and PIPA because these bills would censor the Internet and slow economic growth in the U.S. Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American business. Millions of Internet users and entrepreneurs already oppose SOPA and PIPA. The Senate will begin voting on January 24th. Please let them know how you feel. Sign this petition urging Congress to vote NO on PIPA and SOPA before it is too late. Brought to you by Google.com.

  • SOPA STRIKE: American Censorship Day In Numbers and Screenshots

    Infographics Archive
    18 Jan 2012 | 10:52 am
    On Wednesday Jan. 18th thousands of sites will go dark to protest SOPA & PIPA, two US bills racing through Congress that threaten prosperity, online security, and freedom of expression. Wondering what  the Stop Online Piracy Act is, otherwise known as SOPA? Wikipedia, WordPress, Reddit and others are  going dark today to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Google and other big Internet companies also oppose the legislation, which would compel service providers to block access to overseas websites that violate U.S. copyright laws. Today’s Question: Where do you stand…

  • What is SOPA, and why should I care?

    Infographics Archive
    18 Jan 2012 | 10:42 am
    Wondering what  the Stop Online Piracy Act is, otherwise known as SOPA? Wikipedia, WordPress, Reddit and others are  going dark today to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Google and other big Internet companies also oppose the legislation, which would compel service providers to block access to overseas websites that violate U.S. copyright laws. Today’s Question: Where do you stand on the Stop Online Piracy Act? Brought to you by americancensorship.org. Brought to you by americancensorship.org

  • PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet: Tell Congress not to censor the internet NOW!

    Infographics Archive
    18 Jan 2012 | 10:14 am
    Tell Congress not to censor the internet NOW! – fightforthefuture.org/pipa PROTECT-IP is a bill that has been introduced in the Senate and the House and is moving quickly through Congress. It gives the government and corporations the ability to censor the net, in the name of protecting “creativity”. The law would let the government or corporations censor entire sites– they just have to convince a judge that the site is “dedicated to copyright infringement.” The government has already wrongly shut down sites without any recourse to the site owner. Under this…

  • A Generation Of Tech Millionaires Under 30

    Infographics Archive
    18 Jan 2012 | 10:12 am
    Here’s an infographic which highlights nine entrepreneurs who made it big pretty early. Mark Zuckerberg, who at age 27 has an estimated personal net worth of $17.5 billion, tops the list, followed by Groupon founder Andrew Mason ($1.3 billion) and Firefox founder Blake Ross ($150 million). Brought to you by hrblock.com. Brought to you by hrblock.com
 
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    The Cloud Infographic

  • Privacy and Security in the Cloud

    Ivan
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:25 am
    Did you notice that most of the times Facebook changes its policy – especially when it comes to privacy policy – there will always be controversy? That’s actually a natural consequence; the general public concerns with privacy and security in everything online. In the cloud, that’s also the case. According to the cloud computing infographic [...]

  • Cloud Management Facts and Tips

    Ivan
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:26 am
    A survey commissioned by SolarWinds, an IT management provider, on 120 survey respondents (the surveys were sent out to 1,000 IT professionals) reveals some interesting results, such as the fact that 63 percent of them are responsible for managing virtualization of their companies. Plus, most of them (39 percent) opt for private cloud (indeed, 2012 [...]

  • The Move to Private Cloud

    Ivan
    25 Jan 2012 | 1:15 am
    Private cloud trends continue to rise entering 2012. Due to several off-premise cloud woes – cloud storages, compromised cloud security and such – many businesses opt for private cloud. Moreover, businesses realize that it’s time to regain control to their important data and applications and have them hosted on their very own cloud. Microsoft has [...]

  • What is Cloud?

    Ivan
    24 Jan 2012 | 12:55 am
    It’s surprising to know that a tech guy of a company doesn’t know what cloud computing is – no joke. But fear not, there are some cool cloud computing infographics that can explain – in plain English – the concepts of cloud computing. The cloud computing infographic we blog about today is no different; this [...]

  • 9 Things to Know about Amazon

    Ivan
    23 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am
    Jeff Bezoz started up Amazon in his garage back in 1994, and since then the growth of Amazon has been mindblowing. And yes, despite all the outages, its cloud computing solutions, such as Amazon Web Services cloud stack, Amazon S3 cloud platform and Cloud Drive cloud storage, are propelling the growth of Amazon. This infographic [...]
 
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  • Additions to Articles 1

    Jef McClimans
    23 Jan 2012 | 9:02 am
      I see numbers and statistic in articles in print and around the internet almost everyday, when I have the time I will be creating visual additions to these articles. Here is the first.   Based on the numbers given in  Traffic Talk: Do semi trucks get fewer speeding tickets than cars? How can cars and trucks share the road more safely? from MLive.com Share:

  • Growth of Drupal Modules Infographic

    admin
    2 Nov 2011 | 8:37 pm
    This is the first project I worked on for Pear Analytics. I set out with not much direction as to what the end result should be. I started by comparing different CMS’s, in a Drupal vs. Joomla/Drupal vs. WordPress way. However, Drupal is not  used as much as other CMS’s and specific data was hard to come by, not to mention trying to collate the information across these three platforms. It could have been done, but not within the time frame we were given. The decision was made to focus on the growth of Drupal over the past few years, which seemed like a more achievable result.

  • It’s been a while.

    Jef McClimans
    12 Oct 2011 | 10:27 am
    So, it’s been a while since I last posted–like 6 months a while. I apologize for that. I’ve been busy working on some other non-visualization-related projects. I spent the summer getting certified in Regional Geographical Information Systems (REGIS), so mapping will be far more accessible in the future, at least using ESRI products. I finally started reading Nathan Yau’s book, Visualize This, which I highly suggest. The book is very well-written, and has the perfect tone and amount of humor so you don’t get bogged down in the information. Fun news part one: I will be spending…

  • Nuclear power plants & emergency planning zones in the US

    Jef McClimans
    1 Apr 2011 | 7:59 pm
    Given the coverage around the tragic incident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, the awesome people at seizemologik asked if I could make a map locating the nuclear power plants in the US. Thinking this was a great idea, I set out to make the map below. Here it is. Enjoy. Don’t forget nuclear energy is usually relatively safe. The radiuses below represent the areas in case of a radiological incident. The emergency planning zones (EPZ) represent the radius of impact from a possible radiological incident. While there have been studies around the issue of health risks for…

  • iPod vs Afghanistan

    Jef McClimans
    16 Mar 2011 | 1:25 am
    I’ll be honest, I did very minimal research on this. It was more something to keep my hands busy while I watching a few movies. The idea for this sprung from tweets by @nickmanes1 and @srdaily, about how close the release date of the first ipod and the first Military action in Afghanistan after september 11th 2001 were. Hope you enjoy this half hatched Infograph. Share:
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