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Most Accurate Statistics of the Month
In: Humor Innovative
18 Aug 2009
Life is a Series of Months
12 Aug 2009The average persons life in months, with some milestone achievements colored in. I like the idea of the presentation. but could use more work. Spotted at DataViz. originally(?) from SubversiveInfluence.
Kennedy Family Tree
12 Aug 2009Nice piece of genealogy from the Washington Post. Related article.
Drug Venn
In: Culture Innovative
10 Aug 2009
Fun With Infectious Diseases
In: Global Economy Innovative Interactive Maps Science Source: FT
6 Aug 2009A morbid tool from the FT. Click on any traveler on the map to make him sick, then watch the disease spread. Modify the infection rate, mortality rates, and other factors to see how they affect the simulation.
Changing British Meals
6 Aug 2009Cool interactive presentation of the changing composition of British eating since 1974, by food group. I’d love to see this for the USA. Spotted by FlowingData.
An American Day
3 Aug 2009
Architecture
In: Culture Innovative Maps Science
29 Jul 2009This was labeled “Infographic of Global Change” on Flickr. It’s a historical map of architecture.
Musical Themes
In: Culture Innovative
29 Jul 2009Based on the Guardian’s list of 1000 songs to hear before you die.
Blog post of designer Sean Carmody.
a box plot of the same data:
School Days
23 Jul 2009A hodge-podge of school related facts. You always walk away from a Good infographic wanting more, but nobody does the easy read overviews as well as they do.
Gas Prices
23 Jul 2009Not bad as an overview, but still doesn’t explain why the supply/demand/price relationships are such a mess in the US.
Fun with Venn
23 Jul 2009Venn diagrams can be very useful in organizing information and are catching on in the mainstream. (top 2 spotted on DataViz the bottom is from Diesel Sweeties)
The Twitter News Cycle
In: Innovative News Media
23 Jul 2009The new information cycle:
The old cycle:
Mood Maps
14 Jul 2009Tired of red/yellow/green or up/down arrows for indicators? Take a look at this description of Mood Maps and a great example of process mapping from Lego. Very interesting. Hat tip to Vizworld for spotting it.
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Poor Design as Scare Tactic?
In: Commentary Graphic Design (general) Innovative US Economy
23 Jul 2009The Good blog discusses the Republican/Democratic scuffle about the below graphic and health care reform issues. (note: clicking on the below brings up a larger version on another blog).
Here is a better designed graphic (with some chart junk of it’s own, admittedly) from Good showing problems with the existing heath care system: