Rants and Ramblings: random commentary about culture, media, politics, technology and whatnot.

links for 2008-05-26

• Statshot: What Are We Twittering? | The Onion
  (tags: humor infographics twitter)
• Convention Rules to Live By | washingtonpost.com
  “[T]he House and Senate ethics committees … they have been cranking out memos (including a new one last week) on what lawmakers can and can’t eat, drink and do during the conventions.”
  (tags: politics ethics congress election2008)
• For Hybrid Drivers, Every Trip Is a Race for Fuel Efficiency | washingtonpost.com
  “The Prius, and other hybrids with similar displays, has triggered on-the-spot learning that has the potential to change energy-consumption habits.”
  (tags: environment visualization hybrid cars statistics psychology)
• The infographic that saved a million lives? | 37signals
  “‘No graphic in human history has saved so many lives in Africa and Asia,’ says NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof about an infographic in a ‘97 Times article that spurred Bill and Melinda Gates to take action on public health.”
  (tags: infographics design newspapers africa nytimes)
• Worth a thousand words | Economist.com
  “A good graphic can tell a story, bring a lump to the throat, even change policies. Here are three of history’s best.”
  (tags: infographics history visualization via:svn toread)
• The Customer is the Company | INC
  “Threadless churns out dozens of new—with no advertising, no professional designers, no sales force and no retial distribution. And it’s never produced a flop.”
  (tags: threadless business clothing via:svn toread)