I’ve found that most cooks don’t bake. Why? Baking is a precise science. There’s no wriggle room, so if you mess up (forget an ingredient or overdo it on one), you’re screwed. And there’s very little tasting along the way. ...READ MORE›
"Weather is very visual," says Scott Jensen, VP of digital and mobile apps at the Weather Channel. It's why we look out the window to decide whether to wear a T-shirt or bring an umbrella. Blue skies or gray clouds are likely are the ...READ MORE›
The World Wide Web has been around long enough now that we take the first two "w's" in "www" for granted. And now with the advent of the "cloud computing" metaphor, it's even easier to imagine that our Internet data pings around the ...READ MORE›
The World Wide Web has been around long enough now that we take the first two "w's" in "www" for granted. And now with the advent of the "cloud computing" metaphor, it's even easier to imagine that our Internet data pings around the ...READ MORE›
The surprise star at Facebook's f8 conference was Nicholas Felton, whom Facebook's head product developer credited with inspiring the layout of the revamped Facebook. How'd that happen?!READ MORE›
It may surprise you to hear that we've been especially impressed lately with data visualizations that tell you little or nothing about the actual data in them. But sometimes these creations are so bewitching that they transcend the ...READ MORE›
When it comes to infographics, we thought we'd seen it all. But Annika Syrjamaki makes infofabrics. Her Daily Pattern project uses the same online data sources that many information designers take advantage of, but instead of ...READ MORE›
We take it for granted that water comes from the tap, but we don't appreciate that it often has to travel hundreds, even thousands of miles from its source to get where it's ultimately consumed. David Wicks, a masters student at UCLA, ...READ MORE›
Today's tax day! Get excited, people! Just kidding. Everyone hates paying taxes, we know. But at least this year, tax day comes hand in hand with a superb infographic. And not just any infographic; rather, the grand-prize, $5,000 ...READ MORE›
By now, we're all familiar with the idea of a carbon footprint -- and the fact that Americans have the largest carbon footprints in the world. But what about water? The truth is that Americans are even more wanton water-users than ...READ MORE›
We're betting that the headline above will turn most people away and that's a crying shame, because today's infographic is stunning, beautiful, and incredibly moving. Only once in a blue moon do web-based infographics rise to this ...READ MORE›
Do you really know what your taxes are paying for? Google and Eyebeam gallery want you to figure out the answer, in their very first Data Visualization Challenge, which offers $10,000 in prizes. And as fodder for inspiration, they've ...READ MORE›
Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows that we've been eagerly anticipating the day when infographics finally crossover into everyday life, as a first-class tool. Well then, today brings something of a watershed moment: LinkedIn, ...READ MORE›
Geeks love infographics. You know it, we know it. But it's easy to forget that data-viz isn't just catnip for the Twitterati -- discerning gentlemen and -women 150 years ago loved it, too. BibliOdyssey knows this, and has curated a ...READ MORE›
We've been just as crazy about covering the rise of augmented reality as anyone else--but we haven't yet seen too many examples of just how terrifying a world filled with AR could become.
Architecture student Keiichi Matsuda ...READ MORE›
The San Francisco designers known for their urban mapping and data visualization projects won the top grant from the Knight Foundation for their new concept CityTracking.READ MORE›
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