http://flowingdata.com/2008/06/23/coolest-design-job-ever-infographics-in-the-movies/ Strength in Numbers Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:38:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://flowingdata.com/2008/06/23/coolest-design-job-ever-infographics-in-the-movies/#comment-14035 Infographics in Movies at the Human Factors Blog Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:02:21 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=799#comment-14035 [...] are shown in movies, mostly sci-fi, and wondered who created them?  I ran across this old post on Flowing data about a guy who creates those “infographics”.  Sounds like a very cool job!  I think [...] [...] are shown in movies, mostly sci-fi, and wondered who created them?  I ran across this old post on Flowing data about a guy who creates those “infographics”.  Sounds like a very cool job!  I think [...]

]]> http://flowingdata.com/2008/06/23/coolest-design-job-ever-infographics-in-the-movies/#comment-6719 Ed Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:07:29 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=799#comment-6719 This guy has a brilliant imagination. I suspect a lot of it is put into the screens in post production, but if the actors are fortunate enough to interact with his work during filming, I'm sure they love him for it. This guy has a brilliant imagination. I suspect a lot of it is put into the screens in post production, but if the actors are fortunate enough to interact with his work during filming, I’m sure they love him for it.

]]> http://flowingdata.com/2008/06/23/coolest-design-job-ever-infographics-in-the-movies/#comment-6566 Vincent Theeten Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:20:54 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=799#comment-6566 I remember "The Net" with Sandra Bullock had some really stupid infographics. At one moment you could see her typing an IP address like this "24.75.345.200"... impossible because 255 is the max for a subnet. Being an IT geek, I put the bar pretty high for infographics in movies. I remember “The Net” with Sandra Bullock had some really stupid infographics. At one moment you could see her typing an IP address like this “24.75.345.200″… impossible because 255 is the max for a subnet. Being an IT geek, I put the bar pretty high for infographics in movies.

]]> http://flowingdata.com/2008/06/23/coolest-design-job-ever-infographics-in-the-movies/#comment-6524 Tony Rose Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:01:37 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=799#comment-6524 I would have to concur that he probably does have one of the coolest jobs. Regardless of believability, all of the ones in that video are really cool. I would have to concur that he probably does have one of the coolest jobs. Regardless of believability, all of the ones in that video are really cool.

]]> http://flowingdata.com/2008/06/23/coolest-design-job-ever-infographics-in-the-movies/#comment-6522 Jon Peltier Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:24:59 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=799#comment-6522 The touch screen in Minority Report was way cool, and less unrealistic than many other fake movie infographics. The touch screen in Minority Report was way cool, and less unrealistic than many other fake movie infographics.

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