We've all seen presentations that made us wonder, "What, exactly, is that graph saying? What am I looking at?" Hopefully, we haven't all given those presentations, but let's be honest—many of us ...

To sustain user attention and drive audience engagement, journalists and news organizations should learn to use data visualizations. Data visualizations let you explain a set of data simply with an ...

Here’s something handy for people who hate Excel. Venngage, the company that lets you make infographics with the click of (a few) buttons, recently launched a new product called Beam. Beam does for ...

A few years ago I stumbled upon a study that tried to prove the significant difference between visual and textual information. According to this study, visual information -- when presented clearly -- ...

Linda Hofschire knew something had to be done. An analyst at Library Research Service at Colorado State Library (CSL), Hofschire says that her colleagues had been collecting school library impact ...

It was exactly one year ago today that Barack Obama signed the $787 billion economic stimulus package, officially known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, into law. With the unemployment ...

Those who adore visual illustrations that present data as colorful and easy to read images now have the opportunity to nerd out with dozens courtesy of new iPhone and iPad app Infographics. The free ...

Edward Tufte is the newest guru on the panel advising the White House on the $787 billion economic stimulus. Not too long ago, we were bemoaning the fact that the president still lectures at his State ...

Many have warned that the rapid expansion of data centres could slow down or even reverse the global shift towards net-zero.