John Gushue . . . Dot Dot Dot

Math can be wise

An infographic with math and philosophy at its heart. As seen here. 

 

The United States of television

Via Laughing Squid, this infographic that breaks down which popular shows were based where. New York and L.A. get more than their share, but I could have sworn there'd be more from Atlanta than The Walking Dead. 

Who's who in Love Actually

Largely because it's set at Christmas, and mostly because it's fun, we watch Richard Curtis's Love Actually every year in December. This year, Nick sat with us on the couch and saw it on the first time; as expected, Rowan Atkinson's super-fussy sales clerk was a favourite. 

Here's a diagram that maps out how the characters in the overlapping storylines are connected to each other. As seen here, on I Love Charts. 

Bullying has shifted away from the playground

... and to phones and computers. Here's an infographic (spotted here) that has some troubling numbers about digital bullying. 

Instantly dissatisfied

What we call the real-time web is increasingly becoming a reality, with Twitter, texting, search and other platforms raising the bar, and the expectations. 

The downside? We really expect things to be available to us when want it, with no waiting ... even for a simple Google search. 

The numbers in this infographic are pretty revealing. 

Created by: OnlineGraduatePrograms.com

Beer, the hero

Did you know that Americans between them drink enough beer each day to fill most of an oil tanker. 

You do now. 

This infographic was made by Richard Darell for Bit Rebels. 

 

It's the end of the world as they called it

... and got it wrong. 

This infographic was spotted on Bitrebels. 

The typical SXSW participant is hardly an underemployed hipster student

The South By Southwest festival may have started off all about the music, but it's basically a business conference these days, with a strong focus on tech and innovation. While the audience is not exactly grey, it's definitely grown-up, and with the salaries to match. Check out some of the details in this infographic, which I found on Cool Infographics. 

Your fried chicken does not look like their fried chicken

An interesting infographic on fast food and advertising from Australia. 

 

John Glenn: The infographic

I spotted this informative presentation about the first American in space via Guy Kawasaki. It was produced by Space.com. 

How the brain works

This infographic was found here.

Roses are red, infographics are blue ...

A Valentine's Day display of data, prepared by History.com.

Manual photography: a cheet sheet

Real, old-fashioned photography? I shutter at the thought. 

Here's an infographic that takes it old-school. As seen here. 

Quite a lot can happen in 60 seconds

Aren't we the busy lot? 

This infographic originated here.  

Betty White: The infographic

Just for having made Sue Ann Nivens come to naughty life, Betty White gets a permanent nod from me. As seen here. 

Where the (inactive) boys are: Google+

Google+ - you may also call it Google Plus - got a rap off from the start for being a bit of a boys' club; a running joke has also been that it turned into a club that everyone wanted to join, but then never visit again. This infographic, from Flowtown, delves into all that, and more. 

Some things everyone should know about cheese

This was a design entry for Threadless, but it works as an infographic, too. And now you know why Wallace, Gromit and other British folk are mad for their cheese! 

The astonishing growth of Tumblr

I've been quite enjoying my Tumblr page, and have been curious to see the growing influence of Tumblr and its microblogging format in moving eyeballs around the digital world. 

This infographic from Mashable fills in quite a lot. 

An infographic on collisions in St. John's

We tried something new at cbc.ca/nl today - an infographic. Peter Gosse, our web developer, and I had been talking for a while about doing one. Yesterday, Peter Gullage, the executive producer of our newsroom, came up to me and said, "You want an infographic? Here's an infographic."

It was the annual collisions report prepared for St. John's city council - filled with interesting tidbits, and kind of heavy on the numbers. I picked out some facts and wrote some text, and Peter Gosse produced the following. It was published here, as part of this report.

I was really happy with the results, and would definitely like to do more. An infographic, after all, adds to the palette of the ways we can tell stories. 

Scolding, poaching and witchcraft: Crimes through the ages

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Source: eLocalLawyers.com

An unusual and fascinating infographic.