Evening Etiquette: A Gentleman's Guide

Gentleman is not just a title, it is a way of life. The Evening Etiquette: A Gentleman's Guide infographic created by Boisdale explains the finer points to being a Gentleman. The infographic shares tips on how to look the part, what to wear, and dinner advice.  A great follow-up to the last post about matching ties. Being a gentleman is more than opening the door for the ladies. For men to truly live up to this title, they must look and act the part in all areas of life -  from grooming, style and culture to knowledge of food and booze and the proper treatment of women.  Making these gestures a natural part of one's behaviour is how a true gent stands out from the boys. In order http://attorneyinfographics.com/ to help lads mature into men of virtue, Boisdale has created an evening etiquette guide. From knowing one's tweed and collars to the proper table setting and whiskey protocol, this infographic will turn those willing into a man ladies want and other men aspire to be. Another great visual explanation, that shows the reader the information with illustrations and images instead of spelling out the information with too much text. Thanks to John for sending in the link!
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Consumer Attitudes To Sms Marketing And Texts Alerts

The Consumer Attitudes to SMS Marketing and Texts Alerts infographic is the results of a survey done by Text Marketer . The survey was conducted to find out the consumers' view on receiving text alerts from companies.  The infographic is based on an exclusive survey of over 1,350 consumers in to their attitudes to SMS marketing.  The results highlight that 84% of customers want to receive appointment reminders, 61% want order confirmations and 89% would like delivery notifications via text; showing there are a lot of ways to market through this channel that customers love.  48% of consumers are also likely to respond to a text from a company they have previously purchased from. Consumers love special offers by text and like to be able to ask questions to companies via text messages. Since the http://attorneyattorney infographics.com/ data is from their own survey research, there are no additional data sources cited.  The purpose of the first section is to establish the credibility of the data, but the total number of respondents alone isn't enough.  Surveys like this target specific consumers, and use screener questions to target a specific portion of the population.  What type of consumers were surveyed for this report? The visualizations of the data are clear, and the iPhone illustrations for the results of each question break apart the data nicely.  It's a little hard for readers to understand that the lineup of iPhones is meant to add up to the total of 100% of respondents for each question. The footer should include a copyright notice, and the URL back to the original infographic landing page so readers can find the full-size version if a link is not available.  A link to the source data would increase the credibility of the data too.  Instead, the landing page has a link to the home page of Text Marketer as the data source link, which means public access to the numeric data is not available. Thanks to Mike for sending in the link!
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Visualizing The Microsoft-nokia Deal

Good data visualization uses visuals to put data into context for the readers, making the information easier to understand.  This simple infographic takes a couple charts previously published by Nielsen , and uses them to provide context to the news story of Microsoft acquiring Nokia's handset devices unit for $7.2 Billion . Combining data visualization with text and images should make the information easier and faster to understand, and this design does a great job. Designer unknown.  Thanks to Mike Elgan for posting on Google+ and Luke Millar ( @ltm http://attorneyattorney infographics.com/ ) for posting on Twitter.
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Consumer Attitudes To Sms Marketing And Texts Alerts

The Consumer Attitudes to SMS Marketing and Texts Alerts infographic is the results of a survey done by Text Marketer . The survey was conducted to find out the consumers' view on receiving text alerts from companies.  The infographic is based on an exclusive survey of over 1,350 consumers in to their attitudes to SMS marketing.  The results highlight that 84% of customers want to receive appointment reminders, 61% want order confirmations and 89% would like delivery notifications via text; showing there are a lot of ways to market through this channel that customers love.  48% of consumers are also likely to respond to a text from a company they have previously purchased from. Consumers love special offers by text and like to be able to ask questions to companies via text messages. Since the data is from their own survey research, there are no additional data sources cited.  The purpose of the first section is to establish the credibility of the data, but the total number of respondents alone isn't enough.  Surveys like this target specific consumers, and use screener questions to target a specific portion of the population.  What type of consumers were surveyed for this report? The visualizations of the data are clear, and the iPhone illustrations for the results of each question break apart the data nicely.  It's a little hard for readers to understand that the lineup of iPhones is meant to add up to the total of 100% of respondents for each question. The footer should include a copyright notice, and the URL back to the original infographic landing page so readers can find the full-size version if a link is not available.  A link to the source data would increase the credibility of the data too.  Instead, the landing page has a link to the home page of Text Marketer as the data source link, which means public access to the numeric data is not available. Thanks to Mike for sending in the link!
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A Website Design Process

A Website Designed  is a process explanation infographic, created by John Furness of Simple Square , highlights the phases of creating a website for a designer and the client.  A Website Designed is an infographic of the average website's creation. Feel free to download and share this, or link directly to it here on our blog. Great visualization design of a http://attorneyinfographics.com/ business process.  The sequential events are arranged along a straight timeline, but a number of additional elements of information have been added.  Color-coding, sized circles and milestones all add valuable information to the reader. A high-resolution PDF is available in multiple languages: English, French, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and Dutch.
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The Guide To Star Trek Uniforms

The Gude to Star Trek Uniforms infographic from Costume Supercenter . Make sure you know what uniform your wearing! When the original Star Trek television series started, male and female officers wore similar outfits. The male Star Trek uniforms consisted of black pants, black go to website boots and a velour shirt with the symbol on the left side. Females wore the same type of shirt, with black boots and tights, and a black skirt, although in some cases they wore black pants. The color of shirt worn identified the branch the crew member belonged to. Those in green shirts worked for command personnel, while beige stood for operations, and blue was for medical personnel only. The velour shirts were changed to nylon shirts starting in the third season. You can find many of the Star Trek Costumes here. Don't be the red-shirted ensign! The footer of the design should include the copyright information and the URL to the original infographic landing page so readers can see the full-size infographic.  The Costume Supercenter logo should also be somewhere on the design to connect the infographic to the publishing company.
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Where Does The Money Go?

Where Does the Money Go?  from LifeHacker breaks down the average spending habits of U.S. consumers. The graphic above breaks down how the average US household spends their paycheck, according to the US Department of Labor. As you can see, housing, transportation, and food are the biggest costs. Because they take so much out of our http://attorneyinfographics.com/ paychecks, it makes sense to concentrate on reducing spending in these areas. Designed as a infographic piece of a larger article, the design does a good job of focusing on one data visualization.  It also has minimal text because the additional details are all included in the text of the article. Because the graphic can be shared separately from the article, the infographic should include a mention of the article, LifeHacker's logo, and the URL back to the original.
For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://www.coolinfographics.com/blog/2013/8/26/where-does-the-money-go.html

The Racial Dot Map

The Racial Dot Map visualizes the 2010 U.S. Census data, where every individual person is represented by a single, color-coded dot.  The color coding shows the racial groupings gathered by the census. This map is an American snapshot; it provides an accessible visualization of geographic distribution, population density, and racial diversity of the American people in every neighborhood in the entire country. The map displays 308,745,538 dots, one for each person residing in the United States at the location they were counted during the 2010 Census. Each dot is color-coded by the individual's race and ethnicity. The map is presented in both black and white and full color versions. The map was created by  Dustin Cable , a demographic researcher at the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.  Brandon Martin-Anderson  from the MIT Media Lab deserves credit for the  original inspiration  for the project. This map builds on his work by adding the Census Bureau's racial data, and by correcting for mapping errors. Each of the 308 million dots are smaller than a pixel on your computer screen at most zoom levels. Therefore, the "smudges" you see at the national and regional levels are http://attorneyattorney infographics.com/ actually aggregations of many individual dots. The dots themselves are only resolvable at the city and neighborhood zoom levels. Each dot on the map is also color-coded by race and ethnicity. Whites are coded as blue; African-Americans, green; Asians, red; Hispanics, orange; and all other racial categories are coded as brown. The map is an interactive, zoomable map online of the entire country, and allows you to explore any U.S. locations.  Chicago is show above. Since the dots are smaller that screen resolutions where the viewer zooms out, the data is aggregated to pixels at each level of zoom.   The Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area is highlighted on the site as an example of the aggregation.  You can see the more detailed dot pattern on the right at the higher zoom level. I would love to see this added as a layer in Google Earth!  Wouldn't that be cool? Thanks to Renee for sending in the link!  Also, found on Wired . Atlanta:
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How To Match Shirt And Tie Patterns

If you have some trouble balancing your serious business side with your fun side, a look at the How to Match Shirt and Tie Patterns infographic could be helpful. The infographic from Beckett Simonon shows a few examples of complicated patterns that work together, and then some to definitely stay away from. So you've been wearing solid ties and shirts for a while, you think you look great but you feel is time to earn some extra style points by adding some patterns? No worries, we got you covered! Shirt and tie patterns are great if you want to stand out from the crowd, they are also fun and will bring a new life to your look. Just make sure your pattern groupings are far from making people dizzy and fall hypnotized. We made this cheat guide so you can learn the basics and develop your own combinations infographic and style from there. Enjoy! Great visual explanation design that stays focused, and tells one story really well. Thanks to Nicholas for sending in the link!
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A Website Design Process

A Website Designed  is a process explanation infographic, created by John Furness of Simple Square , highlights the phases of creating a website for a designer and the client.  A Website Designed is an infographic of the average website's creation. Feel free to download and share this, or link directly to it here on our blog. Great visualization design of a business process.  The sequential events are arranged along a straight timeline, but a number of additional elements of information have been added.  Color-coding, sized circles and milestones all add valuable information to the reader. A high-resolution PDF is available in multiple languages: English, French, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and Dutch.
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World's Biggest Data Breaches Visualization

David McCandless and the team from Information Is Beautiful  recently released both static  (seen above) and interactive versions of the new  attorney attorney infographics World's Biggest Data Breaches visualization. This weekend, Apple's developer site was hacked. 275,000 logins, passwords and other records potentially compromised. Two days before that, popular open-source operating system Ubuntu had its forums hacked. 1.82 million records stolen. Are those big data breaches? Or just pin-points in the big data universe? We've pulled out the interesting and funny stories out of the data. Click on the bubbles to read. A fantastic design, the interactive version allows you to adjust the sorting, circle size and color-coding parameters.  It's very easy for the reader to understand how one data breach fits into the overall history of stolen data. In a move for transparency, the entire data set gathered and used in the design is available publicly to anyone through a Google Docs Spreadsheet.  Anyone can access the source data to verify the visualization or to create their own.
For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://www.coolinfographics.com/blog/2013/8/27/worlds-biggest-data-breaches-visualization.html

Consumer Attitudes To Sms Marketing And Texts Alerts

The Consumer Attitudes to SMS Marketing and Texts Alerts infographic is the results of a survey done by Text Marketer . The survey was conducted to find out the consumers' view on receiving text alerts from companies.  The infographic is based on an exclusive survey of over 1,350 consumers in to their attitudes to SMS marketing.  The results highlight that 84% of customers want to receive appointment reminders, 61% want order confirmations and 89% would like delivery notifications via text; showing there are a lot of ways to market through this channel that customers love.  48% of consumers are also likely to respond to a text from a company they have previously purchased from. Consumers love special offers by text and like to be able to ask questions to companies via text messages. Since the data is from their own survey research, there are no additional data sources cited.  The purpose of the first section is to establish the credibility of the data, but the total number of respondents alone isn't enough.  Surveys like this target specific consumers, and use screener questions to target a specific portion of the population.  What type of consumers were surveyed for this report? The visualizations of the data are clear, and the iPhone illustrations for the results of each question break apart the data nicely.  It's a little hard for readers to understand that the lineup of iPhones is meant to add up to the total of 100% of respondents for each question. The footer should include a copyright notice, and the URL back to the original infographic landing page so readers can find the full-size version if a link is not available.  A link to the source data would increase the credibility of the data too.  Instead, the landing page has a link to the home page of Text Marketer as the data source link, which means public access to the numeric data is not available. Thanks to Mike for sending in the link!
For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://www.coolattorney infographics.com/blog/2013/8/29/consumer-attitudes-to-sms-marketing-and-texts-alerts.html

Worldwide Atm Cyber Attack

The Worldwide ATM Cyber Attack infographic from 41st Parameter talks about the international internet heist that stole $45 Million in May 2013. The infographic centers around how they did it, what they took, and then how it could of been stopped. Most people gasped at today's  headlines  about the massive, $45 million ATM heist, which was engineered by a highly-organized gang of cybercriminals. Consumers and banking executives alike have the same worry today: Is their money and account information safe? Here at 41st Parameter, the news simply highlighted what we already knew – financial institutions are extremely vulnerable to increasingly sophisticated cyber criminals who, as in this case, are able to steal data from pre-paid ATM cards and then quickly loot machines across the globe. Most banking systems today are connected directly or in-directly to the Internet. This brings about a multitude of unintentional exposures, all of which allows criminals to exploit them to their advantage. Given the scale of the global credit card networks, it is almost impossible to detect every kind of attack. Similar to fighting terrorism, you can be successful in preventing something 100 times, but the bad guys only need to be successful once. Banks and financial institutions should use all of the available data and fraud detection solutions to fight fire with fire – and build better defenses for the 21st Century. Indeed, the shocking $45M price tag for banks should be a call to action to put better protections in place. This attack is NOT the last one, and if the modus operandi proves to be successful, crooks will exploit it time and again. Good use of an infographic as a step-by-step visual explanation.  Good source listing with the URL directly to the detailed news article.  The footer should include a copyright statement and the URL to the original infographic landing page so people can find the full-size version after seeing the infographic on other sites.  Thanks to Caroline for sending in the link!
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Design Client Engagement Poster

The Design Client Engagement Poster argues that a positive client experience can lead to a sustainable business. The poster separates the experience into 3 phases. The Pre-Service Phase is http://attorneyattorney infographics.com/ about client's expectations, the Service Phase is about the client's experiences, and the Post-Service Phase is about client satisfaction/dissatisfaction. This poster can be found on Design Client Engagement.com and is available for purchase for $25 + shipping  here . A positive client experience with your service can lead to more clients and ultimately, a sustainable business. A service does not exist in isolation; it is a string of experiences made up of touchpoints over time. Like a chain that will break at the weakest link, the client experience will break at the weakest touchpoint. Cool visual explanation design created by Matt Pasternack from  Nack Creative  can be found on www.designclientengagement.com !
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