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Density Design. Online. Managing the virtual workforce. Infographics Inspiration | Creative Infographic Design & Information Graphics. Catalog Dashboard. Information Is Beautiful | Ideas, issues, knowledge, data - visualized! Tetherless World. Download. Choose your operating system: TheBrain 8 for Mac OS X Mac OS 10.7+1 GHz Intel Processor, 1GB RAM, 100 MB available storage TheBrain 8 for Linux Works on many Linux/Unix variants. Archive format without an installer (For experts only) TheBrain for iOS TheBrain for iOS is a native app for iPad, iPhone, and iPod TouchAccess your Brain on your iOS device, on the Web and from your desktop computer with TheBrain Cloud ServicesLearn more about TheBrain for iOS.

TheBrain for Android TheBrain for Android is a native app for Android devices.Access your Brain on your Android device, on the Web and from your desktop computer with TheBrain Cloud ServicesLearn more about TheBrain for Android. How the Free Download Works You get 30 days to try all the features of TheBrain Pro. Getting Started with TheBrain TheBrain 9 Beta Is Available Now. TimeCult. Graphdrawing.org. 20 Useful Visualization Libraries | A Beautiful WWW. Visual.ly | Infographics & Visualizations. Create, Share, Explore. Cool Infographics - Blog. Teaching With Infographics. Earlier this week I learned from Larry Ferlazzo that The New York Times Learning Network was doing a series of posts about teaching with infographics.

The last installment of the series went live today with a post by Diana Laufenberg. Diana's post includes ten steps for designing lessons in which students create infographics. Her post also includes links to some valuable information concerning the actual infographic design process. The entire Teaching With Infographics series contains a lot of very useful information for teachers who are considering using infographics in their classrooms.

Infographics for Language Arts and Fine Arts can be found here, infographics for Science and Health can be found here, History and Economics infographics can be found here, and "getting started" resources can be found here. Applications for EducationI've found in my classroom that infographics can be very useful for helping students gain a better comprehension of data sets. Infographics. Infographics News, a somewhat new BlogSpot blog, has a short list from Ninian Carter of some great infographics of the last year. Ninian Carter is an scottish infographic journalist, well, the Phineas Fogg of the infographic journalists: he has worked in Scotland, England, France, Australia… and his last job was in Canada, at The Globe & Mail, place he left recently. So, as the A Team, he is avalaible for works… (if you click on his name, opening the post, you’ll go to his personal web).

Once you get past the horrible spelling of the article (spell-check people, it’s a handy feature), it’s a nice collection of infographics. I’ll probably post some of these online throughout the day in full-size. via Infographics news: Best infographics of 2010 according to Ninian Carter. Share. The KnotPlot Site. Polymaps. Online Diagram Software and Flowchart Software - Gliffy. Online Mind Mapping - MindMeister. Data Visualization: Modern Approaches - Smashing Magazine. How To Create Outstanding Modern Infographics. In this tutorial you will learn that data doesn't have to be boring, it can be beautiful! Learn how to use various graph tools, illustration techniques and typography to make an accurate and inspiring infographic in Adobe Illustrator.

Start by using the Rectangle Tool (M) to draw a shape. Give it a subtle radial gradient too. The entire design is based on a grid of four columns. To make the columns first select the rectangle and drag a guide onto the centre of the shape. Drag guides onto the left and right edges of the shape too. Tip: Quickly show the ruler by pressing Command-R.

Condense the shape so it fits within the left-most guide and centre guide. Move the shape over to the right and add another guide to the centre here. Using the Rectangle Tool (M) draw a thin white box on the centre line that will be the width of the gap between the columns. Repeat the process for the other columns with your final result being below. Give the circles a variety of gradients. That's it! Thinkmap visualization software facilitates communication, learning, and discovery. Diagramly – A Handy Tool For Creating Quick Flowcharts. The best thing about Diagramly is how accessible it is. You just click a URL, and you’re in. There’s no download, no account registration, and you don’t even need Flash to use it.

It really couldn’t be simpler to get started. The worst thing about Diagramly (I’ll just get this out of the way right now) is the utter lack of documentation. For example, check out this diagram I made for you, showing the ideal MakeUseOf reader’s workflow: Pretty easy to understand, right? Let’s take a look at the UI: I included Chrome’s address bar on purpose, so you’d see it really is a Web app. Here are just a few samples I picked at random: Why there is a Shield of David there, I have absolutely no idea. Once you’re done crafting your masterpiece, you can save it in one of a number of formats: Saving as an SVG is very handy if you have a desktop vector editing application (such as the free and open-source Inkscape).

Should you use Diagramly for your multi-million dollar keynote? 10 Awesome Tools To Make Infographics. Advertisement Who can resist a colourful, thoughtful venn diagram anyway? In terms of blogging success, infographics are far more likely to be shared than your average blog post. This means more eyeballs on your important information, more people rallying for your cause, more backlinks and more visits to your blog. In short, a quality infographic done well could be what your blog needs right now. Designing An Infographic Some great tips for designing infographics: Keep it simple! Ideas for infographic formats include: Timelines;Flow charts;Annotated maps;Graphs;Venn diagrams;Size comparisons;Showing familiar objects or similar size or value. Here are some great tutorials on infographic creation: Creating Your Infographic Plan and research.If required, use free software to create simple graphs and visualisations of data.Use vector graphic software to bring these visualisations into the one graphic.

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