Check out this adorable infographic proposal from an associate editor of D: All things Digital, a self-professed geek, to the woman that he loves, who is Mashable’s President of Marketing and Communications.
Awww. With all those statistics to back him up, how could you say no?
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Days after Superbowl XLVI, we continue to see commentary on ads shown during the game as well as the ads themselves airing outside of the Superbowl. One of the biggest ad splashes was the new M&M’s character, Ms. Brown. This ad has been described as one of fans’ favorites. Continue Reading →
There are a number of compelling State of the Union visualizations online that highlight President Obama’s most commonly used words and themes, the time in the speech during which they were used, and how they compare to his past speeches. Continue Reading →
GOOD has compiled a collection of infographics from 2011, their “Best Of” infographics from the year.
Over the Thanksgiving Holiday, a member of the Maga staff took a trip overseas to France. While there, she found this book in Nantes and really appreciated the entertaining look at the two most (arguably) beloved cities in the world.
With the ever growing number of social media outlets, it can be quite a challenge deciding where, when –and even if– you should post a status message. The decision graphic below was posted on Breaking Copy earlier this fall and seems to now be making the rounds on, among other social media sites, Facebook. We liked this graphic for its sense of humor, honesty and ease
Google recently celebrated the one billionth download of their ‘Google Earth’ satellite imagery program. Over the past six years since the free program was released, it has become available for use on phones and tablets in addition to the original computer platform.
Google recently celebrated the one billionth download of their ‘Google Earth’ satellite imagery program. Over the past six years since the free program was released, it has become available for use on phones and tablets in addition to the original computer platform.
This fun and entertaining infographic from lunchbreath.com offers several alternatives to what you could wear on your wrist aside from a watch, because, as this graphic states, watches are becoming obsolete.
This interactive infographic from Tips Strategies shows the net jobs gained and lost from 2004-2011. Using green circles for jobs gained and red circles for jobs lost, the graphic visualizes the economic boom and bust leading up to 2008-2009, and the “rock bottom” moment in 2009 when jobs were being lost in huge volumes nationwide. It even shows a large drop in the amount of jobs in and around New Orleans as one of the effects of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Continue Reading →
Our Visualization of the Week is a timeline commemorating the history of Star Trek for its 45th anniversary from Karl Tate of space.com (Obviously, no further comments needed): Continue Reading →
The New York Times created this infographic with three different levels of data about Hurricane Irene’s effects.
Featuring a map of the East Coast of the U.S., this visualization shows the number of power outages throughout the path of the hurricane: Continue Reading →
This week’s Visualization comes to us from Phil Nottingham of Distilled via Jasper Martens of simplybusiness.co.uk. It is an infographic that breaks down the overall profile of private sector in the UK by industry, region, and size based on recent data from the UK’s Office of National Statistics. Continue Reading →
Contrary to our blog last week, where we highlighted another post by an engineer discussing his profession’s woeful lack of communications skills, this week we discover that some scientists are actually highly skilled visual communicators. Continue Reading →
Usually, our perception of the nations of the world is based on the well-known globe, showing each country according to its real geographic dimensions. What if, instead of purely geographic dimensions, we visualized countries based on how much they invest in education, or the amount they export to the rest of the world? FedEx has developed a tool that shows the world and its countries sized proportionally according to different metrics. The tool looks at several categories, including Education, Research and Development, and Energy Use and Development. Continue Reading →
