As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I’m interested in explaining things through means other than words, in particular diagrams and pictures. Here’s a great example of what I mean – http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/good-night-and-tough-luck/
Cristoph shares info about his sleeping habits and humorous anecdotes (I couldn’t agree more about the damn mosquitoes!). His pictures are so simple [...]

People talk about sea levels rising and what effect they’ll have, but it’s hard to really imagine how much would go under water. Well here’s a visualisation project that projects the watermark on a couple of areas in Bristol, UK.
I think this is a good way to drive home the topic. [...]

Here’s some friday funny for you (yes I know it’s only thursday but I have friday off, so it’s friday for me).
A slightly tenuous link to UX, but here’s a flowchart that shows the structure of the chorus to Total Eclipse of the Heart. I just thought it was an interesting way to represent [...]

Have you always suspected that the media over reported on swine flu? Yeah me too. Sure, it’s a serious topic that needed some coverage, but they kind of got carried away. The Information is Beautiful site gives us our evidence – a news timeline showing the number of news stories for a variety [...]

The infosthetics blog sums it up nicely: The beautifully made infographic animated movie “It’s Time for Real / Eat Local, Eat Real” highlights the increasing tendency of food importation, and how this phenomenon influences the economy, the environment and our neighbourhoods. The message is mainly meant for Canadians, but certainly applies universally.
Courtesy of the [...]

If you’re like me you’re probably getting a little sick of MJ’s songs (I like his stuff, but days of nothing else is wearing thin…). But bare with me a little longer and check out the wonderful NY Times vis-graph of his music.
It has a nice timeline of his songs and where they placed in [...]