December 2009
29 posts
The Global Warming Skeptics vs The Scientific... →
A very objective comparison of the two sides.
Winter Solstice Calendar →
“Winter Solstice has been celebrated by many cultures for many thousands of years. And why not – it’s a big deal. What better occasion to gather together and find comfort in our connections with friends and family than the longest night of the year?
Modern life often finds us far from our relations which is why sending a card is such a nice tradition. The time it takes to create, write and...
WatchNew York Times Site Traffic
“Just saw the holographic & 180 degree infographic screens of Avatar 3D...”
– infosthetics
“Flowing data selects the 5 best visualization projects of 2009:...”
– datamarket
“Gift Horses and Push Presents http://ow.ly/16bpCB”
– GOODfeed
Redesigning the Apple Store checkout process. →
“It’s not that giving people a sense of how many steps are required is a bad thing; but we are rarely telling them the truth.”
analogue diagrams (reblogged from N. Feltron)
thinkythings:
feltron:
volume-control:
visual analysis of a piece of music from a color-theory class with vasily kandinsky_1930 heinrich-siegfried bormann 1909-1982
Information Visualization Manifesto →
From Visual Complexity, arguing that our infographics need to be honest, clear, and simple:
To the growing amounts of publicly available data, Information Visualization needs to respond as a cognitive filter, an empowered lens of insight, and should never add more noise to the flow.
Don’t assume any visualization is a positive step forward. In the context of Information Visualization, simply...
Hello.
I thought I’d introduce myself and tell you what this site’s about.
My name is Allen Tan and I’m an aspiring graphic and web designer, Mac fan, and architecture student studying at UC Berkeley.
I’ll also be your curator for Show, Don’t Tell. The idea of the site is to showcase infographics and other visual aids that present information with simplicity, clarity,...