A few weeks ago I posted some screenshots from the O2 ‘My Account’ app for the iPhone. I suggested that the design could be much improved in order to increase the efficiency in the use of space and also make better use of the opportunity to provide valuable account analysis. At the time I promised […]
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Providing some fantastic contextual information about the value of skills and services like data visualisation, the 27th February edition of The Ecomomist focuses on information overload. The front cover and leader column explore ‘The data deluge’ and inside there is a a 14-page special report specifically on managing information. This content is accessible only on
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I wanted to share some general observations following the FlowingData challenge from last Friday which has provoked a large response. Readers were invited to comment on and offer makeover designs for the above 3D pyramid diagram
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Good to see that the Guardian newspaper’s graphics team has one a handful of awards at the Malofiej18 graphic design competition. From the UK perspective at least they are leading the way with regards to the use of information graphics to support their articles. I don’t necessarily always agree with the selection of graphical methods
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Wanted to share this from Smashing Magazine who have published a post compiling some of the most creative uses of plasticine in fields such as art, modern advertising and video animation. There is something so warm and appealing about creations like these that creates a really positive reaction from viewers or target consumers. Aside from the
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The BBC has launched its ‘Superpower’ season, broadcasting a series of interesting programmes exploring the power of the internet. The image below is taken from the season’s dedicated mini-site. This is the primary interface for navigating around the site’s content. Hovering over each component causes it to animate creating an innovative and engaging experience. The
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Nathan from FlowingData has published a post today which sets out a challenge to rework the graphic below, produced by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) to present a comparison between Federal subsidies for food production and recommended nutritional servings. The intention of this graph is to show just how out of sync the
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Edward Tufte has announced today that he has been appointed by President Obama onto the four-man Recovery Independent Advisory Panel which will advise The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, whose job is to track and explain the US $787 billion spent on recovery stimulus funds. For those of you unaware of Tufte, you could say that he
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It is well known how the power of a story can add so much effect to the exchange of information. It makes the communication interesting, accessible, simpler to understand and also has more chance of being remembered. It is not always a straightforward task to actually find a story within an a given problem context but, nevertheless, it is important to always at least try and approach such communications with an eye on logical sequence and narrative.
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Not going to do this all the time, it probably makes for a boring read, but with one month elapsed since this site went live and I published my first post, I thought I’d make some observations… Its harder work writing posts than I expected, especially when you want to strive for fairly original content