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Sleep is awesome infographic

14 February 2011

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Sleep is awesome infographic

Only 7% of people get their full 8 hours of sleep per night. No biggie? Getting too little sleep is associated with a 200% rise in cancer, a 100% rise in heart disease, and a 20% rise in the likelihood you’ll be dead in 20 years. This is all according to a simple but effective [...]

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Facebook connections infographic

6 January 2011

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Facebook connections infographic

Saw this and loved it. This isn’t a map. Each line represents Facebook friendships between two people, to the nearest city. I was looking for the source and it was actually made by Facebook intern Paul Butler. What an innovative use of data. Here is the full resolution.

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5 inspiring infographics

10 September 2010

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5 inspiring infographics

I consider an infographic to be good if it can draw attention quickly and then encourage the reader to continue searching for the smaller details, telling a story. The content isn’t what I’m showing here, but the effectiveness of presentation. Here are some of my recent favourites. Undersea cables of the world Click image for [...]

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