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How to Design Transit Map-Style Graphics

Transit maps like the London Underground “Tube” diagram or the New York subway map are an integral part of life in c(...)

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Mar 15, 12 | 1 min read

Poor Visualization Can Do More Harm Than Good

When visualization is done poorly, it often can read as propaganda. There is an important trust relationship between vis(...)

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Mar 14, 12 | 1 min read

The Importance of Being Earnest in Editing Visuals

In the olden days – 30 years ago – when many U.S. newspapers were beginning to use more graphics as storytelling dev(...)

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Mar 13, 12 | 1 min read

What You Need to Know About Manufacturing Writing

Plastic injection molding. Horizontal and vertical machining. Electrical discharge machining (EDM). Stamping. RPM. Spind(...)

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Mar 10, 12 | 2 min read

4 Steps to Viral, Or How to Create Infographics That Blow up the Web

Infographics have been growing like weeds in our content garden for the past few years. Some are beautiful and enlighten(...)

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Mar 1, 12 | 5 min read

Let’s Get Cyclical: Four Ways to Visualize Periodicity

Visualizations can be very good at helping us spot patterns in data. Often, these patterns are periodic; most often repe(...)

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Feb 29, 12 | 4 min read

Setting Freelance Rates

What are your rates? How much do you charge for a blog post? $15 per page? $50? $125? Do you charge by the hour or by th(...)

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Feb 23, 12 | 4 min read

How to Turn a Static Visualization Into a Successful Animation

Liz Burow teaches information design and collaborative design studios at Parsons School of Design in New York, NY. Short(...)

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Feb 22, 12 | 4 min read

Medieval Tips for Modern Letter Writing

If you need to craft a particularly effective email, say to get your girlfriend to forgive your latest mistake, the best(...)

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Feb 18, 12 | 3 min read