{"id":15540,"date":"2008-03-10T00:15:09","date_gmt":"2008-03-10T00:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2008\/03\/from-dd-to-decapitations-in-infographics-maps.html"},"modified":"2008-03-10T00:15:09","modified_gmt":"2008-03-10T00:15:09","slug":"from_dd_to_decapitations_in_infographics_m-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/10\/from_dd_to_decapitations_in_infographics_m-2\/","title":{"rendered":"From D&amp;D to decapitations, in infographics &amp; maps"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sampottsinc.com\">Sam Potts<\/a> has created a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/imagepages\/2008\/03\/09\/opinion\/09opart2.ready.html\">hilarious infographic<\/a> for Sunday&#8217;s NY Times, part of their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/03\/09\/opinion\/09rogers.html?_r=1&amp;th&amp;emc=th&amp;oref=slogin\">sendoff<\/a> for D&amp;D creator Gary Gygax.<\/li>\n<li>The NYT has been posting other interesting graphics lately, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/imagepages\/2008\/02\/10\/opinion\/10op.graphic.ready.html\">How Americans Spend Their Money<\/a> and the Flash-enabled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2008\/02\/23\/movies\/20080223_REVENUE_GRAPHIC.html\">Ebb &amp; Flow of Movies<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>In <a href=\"http:\/\/bibliodyssey.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/rudimentum-novitiorum.html\">Rudimentum Novitiorum<\/a>, Bibliodyssey surveys maps &amp; other infographics of antiquity. <\/li>\n<li>With a more modern spin, Colourlovers talks about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colourlovers.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/13\/navigating-by-color-in-maps\/\">the use of color in transit maps<\/a>, offering a number of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickmap.com\/pages\/2_lowermanhattan_compa0002.html\">cool examples<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>How about a <a href=\"http:\/\/strangemaps.wordpress.com\/2008\/02\/22\/247-all-the-world-in-a-song\/\">world map made from musical notes<\/a>? [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/remainder\/08\/02\/15100.html\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li>What does an hour&#8217;s worth of movement in front of the TV look like?&#160; One Flickr user <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/the_bumblebee\/2229041742\">endeavored to find out<\/a>, using a video camera &amp; a grid of masking tape to plot the positions of dad, kids, and cat. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li>For the greater good:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/2008\/02\/07\/arts\/DESIGN11.php\">Easier voting through graphic design<\/a>: Marcia Lausen is &quot;determined to apply the highest possible standards of information design to make [voting systems] clear, accessible, easy to use and the results accurate.&quot; [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/object_culture\/easier_voting_through_graphic_design_8917.asp\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>John Emerson&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/backspace.com\/notes\/2008\/02\/15\/x.html\">Visualizing Information for Advocacy: An Introduction to Information Design<\/a> offers a guide for NGOs, non-profits and advocacy groups. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.designobserver.com\/archives\/033284.html\">Via<\/a>]<\/ul>\n<li>If you can&#8217;t go another day without knowing how to stage a realistic decapitation, well, consult <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2008\/02\/07\/howto-do-a-movie-dec.html\">these graphics<\/a>. \n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Potts has created a hilarious infographic for Sunday&#8217;s NY Times, part of their sendoff for D&amp;D creator Gary Gygax. The NYT has been posting other interesting graphics lately, including How Americans Spend Their Money and the Flash-enabled Ebb &amp; Flow of Movies. In Rudimentum Novitiorum, Bibliodyssey surveys maps &amp; other infographics of antiquity. 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