Power of Data Visualization

The new age of employment comes with new rules. We work from home, from across the country, we conference call during rush-hour traffic and send emails from planes at 35,000 feet. Stuck on a project? Search the Internet for a tutorial. Need extra hands for a big event? Craigslist will get you the help you need. When everyone is able to work better and faster than ever before, how do we differentiate ourselves? Now it’s more important than ever to make sure you provide unique value to your employer.

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Reddit user Join_You_In_The_Sun has been collecting a massive selection of movie posters with one criteria: they must have all their text removed. He recently shared two huge albums featuring everything from classics like The Exorcist and Enter the Dragon, to new and upcoming releases like Mad Max: Fury Road and The Martian.

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The Internet is a vast world, one that 17-year-old Slovakian artist Martin Vargic set about mapping for his comprehensive (and Internet famous) 2014 Map of the Internet 1.0. Vargic took his inspiration from old National Geographic maps, channeling their meticulous detail and coloring, and has since illustrated a number of equally inventive creations.

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Evernote is one of the most powerful note-taking tools in the world, and the classic system Getting Things Done (GTD) details one of the most popular productivity methods. Combining the benefits of both tools, The Secret Weapon (TSW) is a productivity system that will make people think you have super-powers.

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Fall is quite possibly the best season. TV is back. The drug stores are filled with candy. The stressful holidays and winter temps are still a ways away (unless you live in sweltering SoCal where Visual News HQ is located). Of course, as great as Fall is, it’s a little annoying that everyone seems to talk about it. Since we like to express ourselves through data visualization around here, we thought we’d put some of our Fall-related observations into chart form. We’re sure you can relate.

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A picture speaks louder than words, but only if it’s the right picture. Here we share 9 examples of infographics that powerfully communicate insightful new understandings about our world.

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Lil Dicky is going all in, but not with his wallet. The self-described ‘non-traditional rapper’ infuses his work with mix of comedy, dope lyrics and in his latest video, a ton of hustle.

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It’s not uncommon to wonder what a street looked like in centuries past, and if you’re in New York City, finding that out has gotten a whole lot easier. OldNYC is a project which plots historic data from the New York Public Library collection of photographs on top of Google Maps for a rich and revealing look at the city’s changing appearance from the 1870s to the 1970s.

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The ‘power of the crop’ is well known, and nobody does it better than your typical Instagram user. We’re all guilty of cutting out the less wonderful aspects of our photography to highlight the best part, and this clever series from Bangkok-based photographer Chompoo Baritone point that out in a most amusing way.

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Most maps depict a real place in the world, but that doesn’t have to be the case. Sometimes images that look like maps can be excellent tools for getting an idea across.

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