What's An Average Day on Facebook? [Infographic] Did you know that American Internet users spend more time on Facebook than any other site? Not only is it the site with the second-largest U.S. audience, just behind Google, but it far surpasses every other site in the top 10 of most popular websites, according to data from Nielsen, with the average user spending more than 7 hours and 45 minutes each month on the site. No wonder it's a popular site for marketing and engaging with consumers. So, what does the average user do on Facebook each day? Here's a glimpse into Facebook habits courtesy of creative agency JESS3. How does your Facebook use stack up to these numbers? Connect: Authored by: Tiffany Monhollon Tiffany Monhollon writes about local online marketing, social media, web presence optimization and small business success as the lead blogger for ReachLocal. See complete profile
50 Great Examples of Data Visualization Wrapping your brain around data online can be challenging, especially when dealing with huge volumes of information. And trying to find related content can also be difficult, depending on what data you’re looking for. But data visualizations can make all of that much easier, allowing you to see the concepts that you’re learning about in a more interesting, and often more useful manner. Below are 50 of the best data visualizations and tools for creating your own visualizations out there, covering everything from Digg activity to network connectivity to what’s currently happening on Twitter. Music, Movies and Other Media Narratives 2.0 visualizes music. Liveplasma is a music and movie visualization app that aims to help you discover other musicians or movies you might enjoy. Tuneglue is another music visualization service. MusicMap is similar to TuneGlue in its interface, but seems slightly more intuitive. Digg, Twitter, Delicious, and Flickr Internet Visualizations
Improve Your Eating Habits With 5 Infographics on Nutrition So maybe you over-indulged on barbecue or couldn’t resist the cupcakes this holiday weekend — and with the end of summer, the scary prospect of jiggling around the beach in your swimsuit no longer taunts you. That doesn’t mean you should shelve your healthy eating habits and forget about them until next Memorial Day! To rekindle your interest in healthy eating (we know those brochures at your doctor’s office can be boring), here are five infographics on nutrition. 1. Your health and the food you and your family eat are worth investing in year-round. And you can definitely learn to balance frugality with quality and conscientious choices. 2. 3. 4. 5. Adam Breckler is VP of Product Development at Visual.ly.
Cool Infographics - Blog If you’re located near Washington, DC or Fort Lauderdale, FL, I’ll be there next week! I have a packed schedule of both public and private events, so check your schedule and join me if you can! I’ll be presenting about data visualization and infographics, and signing books. I look forward to meeting you! Washington DC Monday, Feb 10th, 3:00pm CBO (Congressional Budget Office) - private event and book signing Tuesday, Feb 11th, 12:00pm, Noblis Tech Tuesday - private event and book signing Tuesday, Feb 11th, 6:30pm, Data Visualization DC Meetup group - PUBLIC presentation, book signing and data drinks! Register here: Wednesday, Feb 12th, Greater Washington Board of Trade Morning Star Speaker Series - PUBLIC event * Discount for Cool Infographics readers - use the code “Cool*Infographics” at checkout to get the member price even if you’re a non-member ($25 discount)! Miami, FL Fort Lauderdale, FL
Beautifully-Animated Infographics Designed by Eleanor Lutz Eleanor Lutz is a designer whose knowledge of molecular biology and love of science is translated into beautifully-designed infographics. Her colorful and educational images contain interesting bits of information about how the human body works and birds fly, but with a novel twist - they’re animated GIFs. Lutz’s addition of movement makes these images more engaging, and we get a better sense of how things actually work. In her newest design titled How to Build a Human, she demonstrates how a baby is formed via a spiraling chart that travels from conception to birth. We’re able follow along and see just how these changes develop over the course of 40 weeks. It’s a fantastic aspect that you’d lose with a static image. Considering how detailed these animations are, it’s no surprise that they require a lot of work. Above: View the larger version View the larger version View the larger version View the larger version View the larger version Eleanor Lutz website via [22 Words]
14 Infographics to Help Organize Your Kitchen With the right preparation and setup, your kitchen can be a magical place where you create the most amazing gustatory sensations. Without the right preparation? That space could become, at worst, the scene of a culinary disaster — and at best, a messy place where you just cooked a mediocre meal. The 14 infographics below have one main purpose, above all: to help you find the right tools for your kitchen and enable you to cook in it the culinary feats you’ve always imagined yourself preparing. One of the most common reasons a recipe fails is because of incorrect quantity conversions. Conversions aren’t the only important information to have in the kitchen, though. The Splendiferous Array of Culinary Tools shows how wide of an array there is of kitchen gadgets, and the general purpose each of them serves. It’s also important to know what food to stock and how long it lasts. Our Mother Earth is nurturing a huge variety of vegetables.
Why Do People Follow Brands? [INFOGRAPHIC] Health InfoScape When you have heartburn, do you also feel nauseous? Or if you're experiencing insomnia, do you tend to put on a few pounds, or more? By combing through 7.2 million of our electronic medical records, we have created a disease network to help illustrate relationships between various conditions and how common those connections are. About this data The information used for this visualization is based on 7.2 million patient records from GE's proprietary database, and represents some of the conditions that commonly affect Americans today. Share Downloads Download Application Design Partner MIT SENSEable City Lab
The infographic résumé Standing out in a sea of seemingly identical job applicants can provide quite the challenge, but crafting a résumé with a dash of pizazz could be your ticket to employment. MostCreativeResumes.com features a collection of clever infographic-themed résumés that effectively repurpose the data visualization trend for the job seeking set. Why stick to a page filled with Times New Roman when a pie chart could spice it up? Full collection at MostCreativeResumes. Find a job. Recipes | BigOven To create your Favorites list, Grocery List and more, BigOven needs to know who you are. BigOven will synchronize all your recipes and your grocery list with your mobile device anywhere you go. It's free to get started. Join us and get cooking!
Infographics : le point sur le QR Code Lorsqu’on fait des recherches sur internet, il est assez difficile de trouver des informations sur les usages du QR Code. Une étude de l’institut MMD data nous avait permis de montrer l’importante utilisation du QR Code au Japon. Aujourd’hui voici une infographie qui nous donne quelques informations (à prendre avec des pincettes) sur la notoriété et l’usage du QR Code. Cette infographie a été réalisée à partir d’une étude dont l’échantillon ne semble pas être représentatif d’une population (41 % de répondants hommes, 58 % femmes, la plupart ayant entre 25 et 54 ans et vivant aux États-Unis). Parmi les chiffres, nous en avons relevé trois : - 28 % des personnes interrogées ont déjà scanné un QR Code avec leur smartphone - Près de 10 % des personnes interrogées scannent des QR Code au moins une fois par mois - 12 % des personnes interrogées ont déjà scanné un QR Code à partir d’une télévision (une pratique qui est très faible en France Cliquez ici pour découvrir l’infographie complète