Just noticed this little gem that Pandora added sometime since…Thursday. Why didn’t I think of that? Nice.
Infographs are Ruining the Internet — Less Everything Blog
While I don’t necessarily agree that 66% of people who read infographics are douchebags (mostly because I’m guilty of clicking on them when they come up in my Twitter feed), I do agree too many blogs lately have been coming up with too many sexy but moderately useless infographics. Use the right tool for the right job, people. If a graphic obscures the information rather than making it clearer, don’t use it.
Source: b.lesseverything.com
Overview first, zoom and filter, then details-on-demand.
Ben Shneiderman’s Visual Information Seeking Mantra (1996)
Searching on “Pennsylvania election results” at 11:30…Good job Google. Terrible job PA voters.
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