The Future of Infographics

Article about the Future of Infogrphics  by Sarah Slobin

 and again and again the same:

If you add the cloud (Big Data in the sky?) and a generation of folks who crave niche news, sprinkle on some Edward Tufte dust, Hans Rosling’s Gapminder, a pinch of David McCandless’s Ted talk… and voilà: maps and bubble charts, decision trees and streamgraphs, sankey diagrams and sparklines flogged across so many blogs.

BUT!:

read it, it has a point (and continue reading when you think she loses the plot...)

read it, there is even a video of a speaking dog!
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