Archive for category Science, Technology, & Internet
The Designer’s Toolkit (BestVendor)
Posted by Simon in Infographics & Design, Science, Technology, & Internet on January 18, 2012
What It Shows
This infographic visually breaks down web tool use based on a polling of 180 designers, for documents, file storage, wireframing, visual design, note taking, text editing, web hosting, video editing, invoicing, and email.
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Facebook vs Google Plus (Jason Delodovici)
Posted by Simon in Science, Technology, & Internet on July 26, 2011
What It Shows
This infographic gives a snapshot of the current battle between the reigning social network heavyweight champion, Facebook, and the charging upcoming force that is Google+, seemingly ready to take a shot at the title.
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Historical Browser Statistics (Axiis)
Posted by Simon in Science, Technology, & Internet on June 22, 2011
What It Shows
This infographic tracks use of the various web browsers, visually representing market share across time.
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The Energy Used in Google Search (Wellhome)
Posted by Simon in Environment, Science, Technology, & Internet on June 10, 2010
What It Shows
This infographic maps out the various energy opportunity costs of having Google run as it does, on per search and monthly search levels. Environmental effects are presented in kWh and CO2 emissions.
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Ever Gotten a Date Online? (Online Schools)
Posted by Simon in Science, Technology, & Internet, Society & Culture on May 6, 2010
What It Shows
This infographic is a collection of statistics and information about the current online dating industry: who takes part, how many, and what they do.
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Age Distribution on Social Network Sites (Pingdom)
Posted by Simon in Science, Technology, & Internet on April 22, 2010
What It Shows
This infographic graphs the age demographic breakdown for the most popular social network sites online.
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The iPod Index (Burak Nehbit)
Posted by Simon in Money, Science, Technology, & Internet on April 19, 2010
What It Shows
This infographic has taken data from a study on the amount of hours needed to work a typical wage job in different world cities in order to buy an 8 GB iPod Nano. The idea is that the iPod represents somewhat of a standardized global commodity, so it can be used as a constant to compare the richness of various cities in the world by measuring how many hours of average wage work are required to purchase it.
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The Top 100 Sites on the Internet (BBC)
Posted by Simon in Science, Technology, & Internet on March 22, 2010
What It Shows
This infographic shows rectangles of relative size to indicate the popularity of websites based on unique users, according to Nielsen statistics. For each block, the total unique users are indicated, and the relative percentage of the total graphic. One layout shows the breakdown of the top 100 web sites, color-coded by type of site (search engines, retail, social networks, etc). Some additional graphics magnify the results in the first graphic, such as those for search engines.
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Carland (Coleen Corcoran & Joe Prichard, Good Magazine)
Posted by Simon in Science, Technology, & Internet on October 22, 2009
What It Shows
A century of automotive history in the form of a game board. This inforgraphic covers environmental laws and innovations, new technologies, and the creation of the most significant cars in history.
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