I found out about Axis Maps, a cartography company with character. Word on the street is they're busy making maps of major metropolitan areas strictly out of the words on the street.
Next I checked out Human Development Index data presented in an imaginative new way. You can pick a country and have a tree-like graphic generated where the shades and sizes of the branches have statistical significance. This tool had me daydreaming about the potential of visual stimulation and graphic transmission of information in education. I became familiar with the HDI during a semester in an economics growth and development course. This fresh spin on it has me drawing new conclusions and seeing new relationships. It makes me think, imagine what tools like this could do to classrooms of kids who are curious but just want something a little more like TV.I got to study the most extensive collection of super-powers since ever. This poster resembles something you would see in a chem book more than a comic book. Which of your hobbies would you like to see detailed and laid out like this? How would you start the process? Would you have to get someone with super powers to do it for you? I think this was a daunting task that was well done and well worth it.
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Besides being wonderfully random and catered to the less than average attention span, this site has serious per-second browsing value. Not only do the charts and graphs tell the sort of things about the world that can help you be that well-rounded person you've always wanted to be, but they remind us of the importance of organization and presentation. I believe there is vast amount of valuable new information that can only be found in original and unique presentations of the old information our eyes and ears have grown weary of. A high exposure to alternative methods of painting ideas might just be the best way of getting people to see your picture.
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