Empax » infographics http://empax.org Moving Big Ideas Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:40:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Raw Data Now! http://empax.org/blog/raw-data-now http://empax.org/blog/raw-data-now#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:18:55 +0000 Fred http://empax.org/?p=1176 Raw Data NowAs a follow up to my previous post regarding the necessity of incentives to fuel high standards across all agencies I did some digging around and discovered some very interesting facts about what the U.S. government hopes to achieve via the Open Government Initiative.]]> http://empax.org/blog/raw-data-now/feed 2 How Data.gov can become a good resource http://empax.org/blog/with-data-gov-be-a-good-resource http://empax.org/blog/with-data-gov-be-a-good-resource#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:03:53 +0000 Fred http://empax.org/?p=1148 data.govEven if the public is savvy enough to navigate through bad descriptions and limited formats to identify a mangled up dataset, why should any one agency care if Joe Shmoe can't make an earthquake dashboard wigdet?]]> http://empax.org/blog/with-data-gov-be-a-good-resource/feed 1 It’s Better Than Good, It’s Wired! http://empax.org/blog/its-better-than-good-its-wired http://empax.org/blog/its-better-than-good-its-wired#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:30:05 +0000 Ehud http://empax.org/?p=300 Info graphic from Wired MagazineThere's only one source for info-graphics that's found the best synergy between function and form, in my humble opinion, and that's Wired Magazine.]]> http://empax.org/blog/its-better-than-good-its-wired/feed 1 Say SOMETHING!!! http://empax.org/blog/say-something http://empax.org/blog/say-something#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:12:10 +0000 Jessica http://empax.org/?p=446 say_something

While on the subject of not-very-GOOD information graphics (see the previous blog entry below, from my fellow Empaxer Ehud Tal), here’s another example, this time from the New York Times.

The introductory text asks:

“Which...

]]> http://empax.org/blog/say-something/feed 0 Good intentions are not enough http://empax.org/blog/good-intentions-are-not-enough http://empax.org/blog/good-intentions-are-not-enough#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:34:23 +0000 Ehud http://empax.org/?p=307 I'm sure Good Magazine has good intentions. They stand for good causes. They care deeply about some of the most important issues of this century. But when you try very hard to look good, you can end up being elitist and self-absorbed. Readers or web users end up with a message that prefers form over function instead of trying to create a synergy between them.]]> http://empax.org/blog/good-intentions-are-not-enough/feed 0