http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2008/03/from_dd_to_decapitations_in_infographics_m.html Tue, 21 May 2013 20:04:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2008/03/from_dd_to_decapitations_in_infographics_m.html#comment-7121 Bill Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:28:31 +0000 http://blogs.adobe.com/jnackdev/2008/03/from-dd-to-decapitations-in-infographics-maps.html#comment-7121 How about this retro “transit map” on a national scale:
http://www.chrisyates.net/store/fullinterstatemap-web.jpg
Found here:
http://www.chrisyates.net/store/toys.html
And I found it while reading:
http://jalopnik.com/364921/and-now-your-jalopnik-moment-of-zen
–Bill
[Cool, thanks for the links. --J.]

]]> http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2008/03/from_dd_to_decapitations_in_infographics_m.html#comment-7120 Scott Valentine Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:10:37 +0000 http://blogs.adobe.com/jnackdev/2008/03/from-dd-to-decapitations-in-infographics-maps.html#comment-7120 Edward Tufte shouldn’t be left out of the information design lineup…

Though I found his one-day class a little lacking, the information and references are pretty solid. Note that he is not interested in usability – just making information displays as dense as possible, but still useful.
[Oh, don't worry--Tufte gets more than his fair share of love on these here internets. I saw that guy in New York years ago and came away unimpressed. --J.]

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