This is so great.
A Timeline of Earth’s Average Temperature by xkcd.
“When people say ‘The climate has changed before,’ these are the kinds of changes they are talking about.” —xkcd.
Things I want to remember from my fifth Eyeo Festival
Workshop: Intro to D3 + BYOD – Scott Murray
I love BEST OF lists. Here is a compilation of some of my favorite 2014 Best of Lists, updated periodically.
- 2014 the Year in Graphics by The Washington Post
- The 18 Best Infographics of 2014 by Co.Design, Fast Company
- Best Data Visualization 2014 by Nathan Yau, Flowing Data
- The Most Beautiful Data Visualizations of 2014 on Fast Company
- Best Science Visualizations of the Year on Wired
- Our favorite Pew Research Center Visualizations from 2014 from Pew Research Center
- Best Movie Posters of 2014 by Adrian Curry
- Best Book Covers of 2014 by
- 50 Covers for 2014 by the Casual Optimist
- Best Books of 2014 by NPR 2014 Book Concierge
- Best of 2014 from Longform
- Top 100 Movies of 2014 on Rotten Tomatoes
- Best Games by Platform on IGN
- NPR’s Best Songs of 2014
- 2014 Best Science Fiction & Fantasy by Kirkus
- Best of 2014 in Lists at The Guardian
- Best Art Shows of 2014 at Vulture
This was the first year I attended INST-INT and I was impressed with the caliber of the presentations, the feeling of community and the amazing, innovative work shown. INST-INT 2014 was a wonderful combination of the best installation, environment and immersive experience design with a focus on how it works (and when it doesn’t work), who gets involved, and how can we collaborate together. (At least 4 speakers asked for collaborators while on stage.)
It was an amazingly relaxed, collegial vibe with everyone feeling both inspired and in awe of the work shown, the efforts put forth and the multi-disciplinary talents of the speakers. Getting off the screen and into the world around us was the goal and the Read More
I’m always looking closely at instructional, informational graphics. Airline emergency instructional cards are one of my favorites to examine. They need to communicate with a minimum of written copy, they need to be clear and they have a captive audience.
You can not imagine my happiness when saw this flight instruction card for my recent Sun Country flight. Low and behold, an easter egg on the brace position graphic: a ballerina is the first person pictured in illustration. She appears nowhere else in the flight instructions. No other unusual characters are shown. I don’t know why a ballerina was included, but whoever created this tidbit made my flight. Read More
Sometimes the simplest visualizations are just enjoyable, especially when they give you a little insight into something you encounter in your own day. Emojitracker.com is a realtime visualization of emoji use on twitter. In our increasingly visualized world, emoji has become shorthand for emotions in texts, email and social media. So Emojitracker show us just who uses what to signify emotions on twitter. It’s simple and it’s fun. ☆☆☆☆☆