7 Billion: Are You Typical? — National Geographic Magazine on Yahoo! Video. A visual exploration on mapping complex networks. Well-formed.eigenfactor.org : Visualizing information flow in science. Tag Galaxy. Information goes out to play. Serious information used to be relayed in words, graphs and charts - pictures were just pretty window dressing. That's all changing, says David McCandless. E-mails. News. Facebook. Wikipedia. Do you ever feel there's just too much information? Do you struggle to keep up with important issues, subject and ideas? In this age of information overload, a new solution is emerging that could help us cope with the oceans of data surrounding and swamping us.
The approach is simple: apply the rules of visual design to information - make information into images, rather than text. So, instead of listing the mind-boggling billions spent by governments, show them graphically - like The Billion Dollar O Gram image at the top of the page. The image arose out of a frustration with the reporting of billion dollar amounts in the media. Or, in another example, instead of explaining the connection between say, mercury and the influenza jab, depict it visually. SOURCE: David McCandless I love information.