I had a chance to sit down for a brief conversation with Barry A. Martin, Principal at Toronto marketing communications firm, Hypenotic. One of Hypenotic’s long time clients is Fiesta Farms, Toronto’s largest independently owned grocery store. Hypenotic and Fiesta …

View the relative size of various things ranging from seriously microscopic to seriously far-off deep space

A comprehensive video report on data visualization as a storytelling medium. Created by Geoff McGhee, an online journalist specializing in multimedia and information graphics, as part of a 2009-2010 Knight Journalism Fellowship.

Wait, HOW much do we owe?

Gestalten, creators of some fantastic visual oriented content including books, video & other media recently posted an episode of their Gestalten.tv podcast where they sat down wia couple of members of the New York Times infographics team to talk about …

A collection of visual thinking links found on the web in the past few days by our editors & vizthink community contributers. Have a link suggestion? Tweet it or add it to delicious and be sure to tag it with …

Just a reminder that Karl Gude’s next VizThinkU workshop is tomorrow, January 26 at 11am EST. Those of you who joined us for his first session will find this a great continuation of the ideas he presented then – for those who didn’t, don’t sweat it. The previous workshop isn’t a requirement and you besides, you can always just catch the recording in the VizThinkU library. Click through for details…

Some of you may have already seen this new workshop when you visisted the brand new VizThink.com but just in case you missed it I want to formally announce Karl Gude’s next VizThinkU workshop coming up on Tuesday, January 26. Those of you who joined us for his first session will find this a great continuation of the ideas he presented then – for those who didn’t, don’t sweat it. The previous workshop isn’t a requirement and you besides, you can always just catch the recording in the VizThinkU lilbrary.

For those on our mailing list: watch your email for the announcement along with a discount code to save $10 when you register.

Came across a great Ignite video through the Information Aesthetics blog today entitled “Chart Wars: The Political Power of Data Visualization”. Presented at Ignite DC by Alex Lundry,VP and Director of Research at TargetPoint. It’s an entertaining presentation that looks …

Following the success of “Drawing & Design”, Karl Gude is back for part 2: “What Should I Visualize?”

Visualizing content in the form of maps, charts, diagrams and a variety of other ways can help people understand complex information. Graphics done well communicate data quickly and precisely. A well-executed diagram gives a much more powerful and memorable experience than a mere verbal description.

During this approximately one hour-long workshop Karl introduces you to some formulas for spotting opportunities where visuals can be effectively used.