internet statistics

By traceymeloche on November 9th, 2009, 10:16 pm 2 Comments

I know I was talking to a few people in class about finding a list of pro and con sites for a single topic on the internet. It turns out I don’t really need it after all but I found this site. http://www.whatdoestheinternetthink.net/  I don’t think I would trust it 100%, but it was fun to play with, and it maight help a few people.

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Megan Jaegerman

By christine on November 3rd, 2009, 7:13 pm 5 Comments

While searching for good examples of infographics, I came across the amazing work of  Megan Jaegerman, a graphic artist and journalist for the New York  Times.  Her page of infographics really captured my attention and informed me as to what an infographic needs to have  in order to be successful. She combines tables, images, text, graphs, and illustrations to inform her viewers and fully explain the content.  Every aspect of her work makes the information easy to comprehend: her clear illustrations, her carefully chosen diction and simple text, and an easily navigated page layout.  Most of her graphics don’t have colour, because it is not needed – her illustrations stand on their own. Some of her work deals with important subject matter, while other infographics are humorous and witty.  A favourite of mine is called Price Tag: Mowing the Lawn (shown below).

 

Although there is little  information on Jaegerman to be found on the web , I highly recommend checking out her page of infographics on the thread of Edward Tufte’s website ( a reknowned statistician and an expert in informational graphics and design at Yale).  He comments that Jaegerman’s work “ is smart, finely detailed, elegant, witty, inventive, informative. . . Megan Jaegerman’s work has consistently this spirit: content-driven, no segregation of information by its mode of production, whatever it takes to explain something.”

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Project 3: Infographics

By Justin on November 3rd, 2009, 1:18 pm 2 Comments

Using any digital tool of your choice, create a series of 3 infographics articulating your concerns (real or invented) about the University, the environment, and the economy (1 of each).

Your infographics can be presented as projected images, prints, or videos.

Please consider the implications of where and how you present your work (eg. Why might you want to project an infographic about the University on the side of Lambton Tower, or why might you want to send an infographic about the economy to your former employer?)

Due: November 16 / This project is worth 15% of your final grade.

Your mark for this project will be broken down into the following components:

1. Technical Proficiency: 20
2. Conceptual Engagement: 40
3. Critique: 20
4. Aesthetics: 20

Other notes: Look up Infographics on Google right now. Then, look it up on Good.is.

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help gathering data for infographic

By traceymeloche on October 31st, 2009, 9:42 pm 4 Comments

I have been spurred on by a discussion I had with Stephen, a class or two ago, that deals with getting the H1N1 vaccine. I am trying to sort through web sites that are either pro vaccine and those that are against the vaccine. Its slow going. So far it seems that there are more that are pro. My problem is how do I come up with the numbers. I have searched “polls” for the vaccine info but what I come across are the numbers for people that are pro or con (so far Canadians stand at 48% con and 51% pro) but I can’t figure out how to find out how many websites are one or the other. Does anyone know of sites that give information on the number of sites that exist on any given topic?

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Sweet Infographics for Broadband Use

By asianmike on October 27th, 2009, 1:49 am 0 Comments

Just wanted to highlight a simple and clean interface that uses infographics for showing disparities in broadband speeds and prices across the globe.

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’50 years of space exploration’ – Infographics

By mackenziedarrach on October 23rd, 2009, 7:24 pm 4 Comments

When looking online for ideas I found this really interesting infographic called ‘50 Years of Space Exploration – Visual Flight Map‘ published by National Geographic. It shows the flight paths of all 200 space missions in the past 50 years. If you look at the original high quality image you can see all the rings in detail and read the font. I find this piece  informative while being so aesthetically pleasing at the same time. Good inspiration for the next assignment.

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