info graphics

The XKCD “Height” Poster

Totally buying this for work. (link) We love info-graphics here. And XKCD delivers the awesome. I’m a big fan of large-scale graphics that are fun to look at and packed with data. Kind of like those cartooney maps you get at disneyland when you were a kid, that you spend weeks staring at after you got home. Edward Tufte calls these “mega graphics“… i call them “entertaining maps.”

One of my all-time favorites is the “Online Communities Map.” (link) The first time i saw it I just stood there in awe for 20 minutes or so.