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10 Astounding Infographics Comparing Money Matters Around the World
It goes without the saying that comparing wealth and spending in different countries is almost impossible: people work, earn and even spend differently – moreover, their ways of life and views can be too different to compare. However, we still try to compare because people move around the world and they want to know what they can expect in different corners of the globe. Here are the 10 greatest examples of information graphics comparing money, spending and earning around the world:
Information is very powerful but for the most bit it is bland and unimaginative. Infographics channel information in a visually pleasing, instantly understandable manner, making it not only powerful, but extremely beautiful. Once used predominantly to make maps more approachable, scientific charts less daunting and as key learning tools for children, inforgraphics have now permeated all aspects of the modern world. I designed a couple of infographics back in college, the need arising especially around the time Soccer World Cup fever spiked.
The Anatomy Of An Infographic
The American identity according to social media #infographic
What can we learn about the people of America from statistical data? According to this infograph from Hasai , we know that: 9/10 Americans are online 77% report that they use social media to share their love of a TV show 70% of active US Facebook users log in every day 48% of bloggers are US based 40% of Americans are following products, services and brands on social media platforms Video games account for 10% of all US internet time
My body is incompatible with Earth. It has a daily sleep-wake cycle that lasts about 28 hours instead of 24 hours, which means each day I stay awake about four hours longer than most people. In the middle of the week, I sometimes find myself waking up at 11PM and going to bed in the early afternoon the next day.
Sleep (or how to hack your brain) | Dustin Curtis
These days if you’re not using social media to build your brand then you’re way behind the times. But many companies are fooled into thinking that social media marketing is free, or at least close to free. A new infographic published on Focus.com uncovers some of the costs of using social media for marketing, from staff costs to external fees, advertising and more, and discusses whether the ROI makes social media spending worth the cost. The infographic begins with a simple statement. “With social media at the height of its popularity, advertisers and companies find it an easy and trendy means of expanding their marketing horizons.
Do You Know The Real Cost Of Social Media?
Language and Your Brain [INFOGRAPHIC]
For centuries, researchers have studied the brain to find exactly where mechanisms for producing and interpreting language reside.
In order to start the week off right, I thought I would share an infographic very appropriate for a Monday, one entitled “16 Things You Didn’t Know About Sleep.” As I write this I think about how amazing sleep is and of those mornings when sleep is just too appealing to pass up. As we all know sleep is essential to life. It is one of the activities we will spend a large amount of our life engaged in. Sleeping works better than any medicine or home remedy, sleeping is the cure-all. Whether you are recovering from activities done the night/day before or recovering from an illness, or perhaps you have 15 fifteen minutes in between classes, in all cases sleep is the answer.
16 Facts About Sleep
Learning a new language can be difficult, but some languages can be trickier than others. For native English speakers, the difficulty level of a new language depends on a variety of factors.
What Are The Hardest Languages To Learn? [INFOGRAPHIC]
My friends and I are self-professed grammar geeks. Upon hearing Alanis Morissette’s 90s hit “Ironic” on the radio, a worn out discussion usually breaks out: is she using the word “ironic” correctly?
10 Commonly Misunderstood Words
Our language is constantly being shaped by a number of different influences, from social media and pop culture to other languages and even human error.
What Shapes Our Language?
15% of people are left handed. I always thought this number was higher — and according to some of my left handed friends and family, also smarter?