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An Infographic Tells You How To Make Your Tweets More Clickable

How tiny can a data visualization be and still be meaningful? Edward Tufte pushed the limit of infographic density with his "sparklines," and now Dan Zarella of Hubspot does something similar -- with a micro-sized heatmap of a ...READ»

Infographic: Who Is Occupy Wall Street?

Visualizing the results of 5,006 completed surveys at occupywallst.org, data shared exclusively with Fast Company.READ»

Infographic: America's Energy Prices Vs. The World

Think your electricity bill is high? It's not. Neither is your heating bill or the price you pay at the pump. In the grand scheme of things, in fact, you're getting a great deal.READ»

The Ad Men Behind Occupy George, Occupy Wall Street Infographics Printed On Dollar Bills

By making the facts simple to understand--and putting them in a rather prominent, poignant place--two creatives offer their skills to fight wealth disparity. READ»

Infographic Of The Day: Starter Upper Auto-Generates Your Dot-Com 2.0 Business Plan

Provided, of course, that your business plan consists of mixing and matching tech buzzwords at random.READ»

Can Your Job Be Done By A Robot?

Sure, everyone at work may like you, but is there a chance you could be replaced by a robot? This (humorous--but informative!) infographic will give you a clue if your profession makes you particularly at risk to losing your job to a cyborg. READ»

Infographic Of The Day: The Biggest Cliches Of Web Infographics

At Co.Design, we pride ourselves on uncovering the best infographics--meaning the ones that they convey complex information with easy-to-understand visuals. There’s usually no shortage of choices--there’s a data boom, after all, ...READ»

IBM Puts On A Big Data Viz Show, Streaming Real-Time Data About NYC

Ever since Diller Scofido & Renfro unveiled their sexy new rehab of Lincoln Center, the place has been a magnet for surprising design: Wet’s frisky fountain, Fashion Week’s footwear fetishists, the bizarre spectacle of ...READ»

Infographic Of The Day: The Formula For Keeping An Online Comic Alive

Looking at 36 popular Web strips, Slacktory finds that there's actually no common recipe. READ»

Infographic Of The Day: Does Innovation Flow From Cities?

Invention and innovation are huge enough subjects that you rarely get any sense of their grand organization--instead, you have to settle for telling bits and pieces, like a blind man palpating the proverbial elephant. But occasionally ...READ»

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Visualizing Data And Telling Compelling Stories With OkCupid And FlowingData

Execs from two of the web's leading names in making data interesting and accessible, OkCupid and FlowingData, give candid advice on how to make your own presentations and graphics more appealing.READ»

Infographic Of The Day: iPhone GPS Data Looks Like Glowing Fireflies

Sometimes, we're all in the mood for a thick and meaty infographic. Other times, especially Fridays, we're in the mood for something that's simply gorgeous and excellent, like these visualizations of iPhone-tracking data by Michael ...READ»

Infographic Of The Day: When Do Criminals Prowl The Streets?

Trulia has produced another wonderful interactive chart, this time showing various types of crime, and what time of day they occur in 25 of America's largest cities. Trulia has taken a stab (pun intended) at this data before, in a ...READ»