Check out the short animated, “infographicy” film “Duelity,” by Marcos Ceravolo and Ryan Uhrich:
According to the records of the General Organization of Development labs (GOD) it took a mere six days to manufacture a fully-operational universe, complete with day, night, flora and fauna, and installing Adam as its manager to oversee daily functions on Earth.
That’s one story.
If thou shalt believe the Book of Darwin, t’is five billion years after The Big Bang that we behold what the cosmos hath begat; the magma, the terra firma, the creeping beats, and mankind, whose dolorous and chaotic evolution begat the gift of consciousness.
Duelity is a split-screen animation that tells both sides of the story of Earth’s origins in a dizzying and provocative journey through the history and language that marks human thought.
From one of the guys who put together ChartChooser: “Here’s something we came up with to help you consider which chart to use. It was inspired by the table in Gene Zelazny’s classic work Saying It With Charts.”
Fun-looking mail art project.
“Brian Dettmer carves into books revealing the artwork inside, creating complex layered three-dimensional sculptures.” (Thanks Airbag!)
“After six years big business still has no idea what to do with this blog thing.
The Blog Council, a professional community of top global brands dedicated to promoting best practices in corporate blogging, officially launched today. Founding members include the leading companies from a diverse range of business sectors: AccuQuote, Cisco Systems, The Coca-Cola Company, Dell, Gemstar-TV Guide, General Motors, Kaiser Permanente, Microsoft, Nokia, SAP, and Wells Fargo.
Oh, that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Of course, these are the companies that should know right? I mean they’ve been using Trapper Keepers and Daytimers all their lives, so blogs are just like that right? A neat folder system for your mind-thoughts?”
“In today’s working world there are millions of employees in identical cubical ‘farms’ who feel frustrated by their company’s hierarchies. The way they’re micromanaged–or not managed at all–leaves them feeling powerless.
If you remember nothing else from this blog remember this: leadership has nothing to do with formal authority, it has everything to do with influence.
This doesn’t necessarily mean that you will be your boss’s boss, but it does mean that you can lead your boss. How? Simple.”
“Natural disasters, revolutionary technology, pro-athlete scandals and national calamities marked 2007 as an unforgettable year.
Yet, amid these major happenings arose stories that were overlooked, unseen or ignored altogether: tales of our nation’s work force. Understandably, these pieces weren’t as newsworthy as Michael Vick’s dog fighting charges or Paris Hilton going to jail. But these stories held an angle unlike any other: They were just plain weird.
Here are 15 headlines that exemplify the strange happenings that took place in the workplace in 2007.”
“Google released a chart generator service they are calling the Google Chart API. Usage is quite straightforward: you link to an image in the form of a parameterized URL and Google returns a PNG graphic containing the chart.”
“confess. if you read this blog, you are addicted to data. this means you do not like Christmas presents. in fact, you hate those information-less presents your friends buy you each year. even after patiently telling them ‘any present should self-update at least each 30 seconds’, last year’s Christmas was still a disaster, despite that wireless weather station from your wife that is now measuring the temperature & humidity of those boxes on your attic.
starting from $15, here are infosthetics’ 20 most wanted Christmas gifts for the info-addicted.”
“Who was this person that said you had to wait for inspiration to start making something?” Yeah!
