Facebook reveals the news articles that grabbed the most attention on the social network in 2011. Unsurprisingly, the wrap-up spans a range of subjects from celebrity deaths (Ryan Dunn, Steve Jobs) to weather disasters, and even a few viral videos.
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I would list Content creation as number one due to the fact that now " that tablets are getting cameras, microphones and more powerful processing, we’ll start creating things on the device, too." I can't wait for the new painting app Psykopaint to be made available on my ipad! 
Where the jobs are....humm...social media- does that fall under Business and professional services? Me thinks. 
From ancient etchings to electron microscopes, or what aspirin has to do with visualizing consciousness. 
What pie, cats and giant cheese have to do with life's most elusive aspiration. 
Designer and illustrator Wayne Dorrington graphically retells the story of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi using only icons. All five pages are amazingly detailed. In the past, he's retol... 
"The promise of that story is a deeper understanding of contemporary visual culture, the convergence of highbrow and lowbrow, the vernacular of advertising, the dynamics of newspaper and magazine publishing, the creation of avant-garde mass culture, and a wealth in between." 
We get a lot of infographic pitches. Almost all of them suck. Why? 
“If you’re a smart Ph.D. from MIT, you’d never go to Wall Street now,” says a hedge-fund executive. “You’d go to Silicon Valley. There’s at least a prospect for a huge gain. You’d have the potential to be the next Mark Zuckerberg. It looks like he has a lot more fun.” 
The National Biomass and Carbon Dataset reveals the location and the carbon storage of forests in the United States. 
Berlin based designer and programmer Christopher Warnow had a closer look at the interest graph between people reading the same books. 
Interesting take on the new information economy and job creation for vets. Now if they could only retrain those who used to work in manufacturing as well! |
"We're all about the cross-pollination of disciplines and we're (naturally) fascinated by the human brain.." Looks like a must read! 
"The Startup Ecosystem: Predator vs. Prey is a fun but informative infographic from udemy ." The Social Marketer looks familiar! lol key word "STRATEGY" Make sure you click on the graphic and zoom in for the big picture it is HUGE! 
Machine vs man with slingshot? What happened to man and technology which works equally well for those who are in power as it does of those who are not, in fact those who are in power often don't understand the latest technology which is, by the way invisible, in the cloud, so to speak....a communications tool, a network. O.K. I am confused - not by the myth but by the artist's depiction of the time in which we live...let me guess they hired a man...who forgot to update his own consiouness.. 
"Teacher C. Babaian requires her students to draw the image in their notebooks as they watch it take shape on the blackboard." 
The FlowingData blog is required reading for anyone into data visualization. Part inspiration and part hands-on tutorial, the site brings to light examples that tell simple, elegant stories with complex data. 
What does "friend" mean? Its always been a slippery term, subtly changing through the ages. Even today, the word slips and slides between meanings. 
Disclosing 736 daily pieces of self, or what we talk about when we talk about privacy. Great animation on data and interesting info on "privacy" and big data and who is making money from it... 
Great flow chart....where the subject is dating, surfacing again for Valentine's day! 
Check out this site dedicated to helping users visulize the size of You Tube! Awesome! ![How to Forecast Weather Without Gadgets [infographic] | Daily Infographic | Data Visualization for Social Media | Scoop.it](http://img.scoop.it/EjE36xhrSQOeswTZhEPfiDl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVaiQDB_Rd1H6kmuBWtceBJ)
We may think we're cool with our fancy gadgets, but we lag far behind in the area of intuitively sensing change in the atmosphere. Other earthly creatures are much more in tune with the rumblings of future storms. |
![Gender marketing [infographic] | Data Visualization for Social Media | Scoop.it](http://img.scoop.it/G8CdOUPFX3UoOu_j5-hBtTl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVaiQDB_Rd1H6kmuBWtceBJ)
![How To Lead A Creative Life [Infographic] | Fast Company | Data Visualization for Social Media | Scoop.it](http://img.scoop.it/HOCxCcWhn760UmV2U4eYxjl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVaiQDB_Rd1H6kmuBWtceBJ)
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