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Visualization
The Dawn of Visual Social Media
It’s become clear that social media sites like Pinterest, Facebook, and Instagram have ushered in visual marketing as a new breakout trend for 2012. Today, businesses have learned that it’s no longer satisfactory to explain their products. If you want real results, you have to show it. The recent proliferation of the visual social media…
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Smart Sports: Professional Soccer Launches Data Viz System
Big data has been a recent phenomenon that has been receiving a lot of attention lately. Normally, when articles about big data are written, they are typically about the various challenges and opportunities facing corporations. Common issues include complexities of capturing, organizing and making sense out of the vast volume of data that they are…
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Visualization Trends Revealed in Info is Beautiful Awards
David McCandless, founder of popular data visualization website Information is Beautiful, has decided to divvy out a $30,000 cash money dollar pot to the winners of the inaugural Information is Beautiful awards. If you’re not familiar with the site or David McCandless, pop on over to his TED talk here. It’s incredibly inspiring, and had a…
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5 Tips to Help Make Super Infographics
When I think of an infographic I immediately think of this super stunning visual graphic that tells some kind of story. What separates those average infographics from the truly exceptional ones boils down to the narrative. You can have the most visually stunning graphic, but if the data fails to engage the reader all that effort in dressing it up will be in vain. When creating an infographic, the quality of the finished good is always determined by the quality of the content that was used to create it.
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Is Context to Design as Samson’s Hair was to Samson?
Aesthetically pleasing images surround us. They’re often used as ploys to encourage the purchase of a new perfume, eat at certain fast-food chains or drive a new type of car. We can’t help it. The prettier things are, more often than not they are easier to believe as desirable…right?
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Big Data means Advanced Data Visualization
The last few years have been particularly exciting for data visualizations. We’ve witnessed a boom in the popularity of infographics and in tools to help create everyday visualizations for practical purposes. With all these exciting developments it’s difficult not to wonder what the future of this field will look like.
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Pinterest Popularity Makes a Case for Visualization
Last week, Pinterest showed the entire Internet love by opening up their sharing platform to all — no invitations required. It’s a great move for what statistics say is the fastest growing social start-up site ever (at least for now). Currently, the sometimes so-called “scrap-booking site” generates four times more revenue per click than Twitter, and a whopping…
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