Infographics Summary for 2012-02-08
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Infographics Summary for 2011-12-08
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The Benefits of Massage Therapy
The Better Investment: Apple Stock or Products?
Do Teeth Define your Personality?
A Blockbuster Drug with a Black-Box Warning: Zoloft
10 Steps to Avoid Getting your Car Stolen
RyanAir vs Pan Am
Process Servers vs Sheriff
The iPhone Evolution
The Joy of Healthy Hands
The Santa Bailout
Male vs Female Runners: Sports Bras vs Speedos
The Commerce of Christmas
Africanized Killer Honeybees
How infographics jumped the shark
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VentureBeat’s Chikodi Chima throws his name into the many people claiming that the infographics bubble is bursting thanks to the overwhelming number of “junk infographics” flooding the internet. Infographics, or visualizing data, is still useful tho:
We live in an era of big data, where our every action spins off gigabits of information, both meaningful and mundane. Our computers, phones, and browsing habits leave behind trails of data exhaust that can be sifted and recombined to give us better search results, improved movie recommendations, or ways for marketers to serve up more relevant advertisements. But at the end of the day, it’s still just data. For those of us who don’t actually enjoy gazing at columns of digits, we need someone to make sense of it all, preferably in soothing colors and with non-threatening images. That’s why data visualization can be so comforting, and why it has become so popular of late.
Unfortunately, so few of them actually do this:
The most egregious examples of bad infographics are simply pictures with a few numbers attached, or a chronology of events peppered with commentary. They’re disappointing, contain minimal insight, and offer little that you couldn’t get from a simple text timeline. They are also hard to avoid. And this is why many feel the Internet infographics trend has run amok.
They also have some good quotes from Nathan Yau, describing how infographics have moved from actual data visualization tools to just SEO tools replacing blog posts, hence the many narrow-but-extremely-long images that are becoming so common.
Visual.ly raises $2M to make your data pretty and interesting
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Infographics website startup Visual.ly has just accomplished the impressive goal of raising $2M in venture capital. It could just be proof that the dot-com bubble isn’t gone yet, or (more likely) proof that the “Next Big Thing” could be visualization.
“There are no tools for this type of thing. People are either creating really bad-looking visuals using Microsoft Applications [such as the native Windows app MS Paint] or they’re hiring a graphic designer, which takes time and money — it’s a hassle,” Visual.ly co-founder and CEO Stew Langille told VentureBeat. “So, we’re trying to create a tool that we can license out to the industry.”
via Visual.ly raises $2M to make your data pretty and interesting | VentureBeat.
Infographics Summary for 2011-10-10
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The Modern American Worker
Competitive Eating: An Unbalanced Diet
What makes an F1 Champion?
Celebrating Diversity with Family History Month 2011
Our Aging Population
Why You’re an STD Risk?
Discover the history of Modern Aircraft
What type of Cruiser are you?
Paxil: the Facts’ll disturb you
Fosamax: Just the Facts
Has your Hip been Recalled?
7 Allergens in your Home
Digital Exclusion in the US
Infographics Summary for 2011-09-14
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Vizualize.me Beta: Visualize your LinkedIn Resume
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Another entry in the automagic infographic space comes from “vizualize.me”, a new LinkedIn resume visualizer that hopes to cash in on the new craze of flashy colorful resumes. While I think it’s neat to look at, I can’t imagine much real-world use for it, for the reason pointed out by information aesthetics:
While the idea seems certainly useful, one would certainly wish for the availability of more subdued visual styles, in particular for those people who appreciate more classical visual styles when applying for high-end, important jobs. I also foresee some critical comments on the color palette for the ‘language’ world map.
via Vizualize.me Beta: Turning Your LinkedIn Resume in Infographics – information aesthetics.
Infographics Summary for 2011-08-22
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Infographics Summary for 2011-08-12
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