Manu Cornet caricaturizes org charts of major tech companies, such as Amazon with its top-down structure and Google with its slightly less structured structure. Drop it like it's hot.
[Organizational Charts | Thanks, Ian]
Miscellaneous
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Organizational charts in major tech
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Sufficiently large X
As comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal explains, this is what happens when a powerful weapon falls into the wrong hands. Or when someone in power is just plain dumb.
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Flowchart to decide if you should share that pic of your privates
This seems obvious, but apparently there are people who are unsure of what to do with Twitter and social norms. Now you know. Thanks, Good Magazine for your clear guide.
[GOOD | Thanks, @unchillbill]
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What you need to get together
A good one from someone named Cody. I couldn't figure out where this is actually from though.
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Correlating dog
From the Doghouse Diaries. Smart dog. My cat on the other hand, still has some learning to do. Every time he scratches the couch, he looks at me like he's expecting something. I yell at him, "Causation doesn't equal correlation!" He stares back blankly.
[Doghouse Diaries | Thanks, Seth]
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Open government and Easter candy
Sunlight Foundation displays some key government numbers with Easter candy, because as you know, data is ten times more interesting when it's represented with Peeps and chocolate eggs. Happy Easter, all.
[Sunlight Foundation | Thanks, Nicko]
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When charts attack
Don't you just hate it when you're pleasantly driving around in the city and you're suddenly enveloped by a giant pie chart in the road? Such a downer.
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Statistical significance on xkcd
It's xkcd on statistical significance. I need to stop eating all those green jelly beans.
I hear there's also a link between sunshine and lollipops.
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Star Trek characters in pixel form
John Martz, in collaboration with Koyama Press, pixelates 235 Star Trek characters in this limited edition print. This amuses me even though I've never been a Star Trek fan. Must be those episodes of Next Generation I watched after school because there was nothing else on. Always had a soft spot for that Data fellow.
[Trexels via Boing Boing]
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Daily schedule of Benjamin Franklin
From Maira Kalman's And the Pursuit of Happiness, this is just too good. It appears that there is in fact enough minutes in the day to get stuff done. What's your daily schedule?
[New York Times via swissmiss]
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Tiger blood and adonis DNA
There are no words. More tips on winning in the world found here.
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Life cycle of sad and happy
Along the same lines of the happiness flowchart, this graphic by Moritz Resl shows a simplified life cycle between happy and sad. Let's not forget though that sometimes doing stuff you like leads to sad, and more importantly, doing stuff you don't like can lead to happy. Have a nice weekend!
[Moritz Resl via swissmiss]
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The many faces of Woody Allen
I got a chuckle out of this one. By Brandon Schaefer. Check out the full-sized version here.
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Super weekend linkdump
Here are some links for you to accompany your bag of chips, bowl of chili, and plate of wings as you wate for the Super Bowl to start.
Super Bowl FanMap — Who are people picking to win the big game in your area? ESRI is taking votes and mapping them. Packers are far ahead, leading 64 percent to 36. [via]Where the Streets Have Your Name — See where there are streets named after you. Yeah, you.
d8taplex — A super alpha version of something that looks like a data search engine with graphs.
Top-spending cities for personal care — Active north and sedentary south?
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Hey Jude flowchart
What day is it? Flowchart Friday of course. Old but new to me. Based on the Total Eclipse of the Heart flowchart, this one takes on Hey Jude. Don't get stuck on an infinite loop of na na na na na na na na na...
[Love All This via Laughing Squid | Thanks, John]
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Falling in the fountain
Focus too hard on individual points, and ignore what's around, and you too might fall in the metaphorical fountain. Yes, this is my excuse for posting this hilarious video, and I'm sticking to it.
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Flowchart: Should I work for free?
Designer Jessica Hische gets her flowchart on to help you decide whether you should work on that project for free. In short, if the client is not your mom or a friend you owe big, they better pay up. Love the blunt honesty from Hische, who I'm sure gets all sorts of odd offers. See full flowchart here.
[Jessica Hische via @MacDivaONA]
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T-shirt life cycle
Nick Foster has some fun with t-shirt classification after cleaning out his closet:
I have a T-shirt problem: after years of buying them, my house is now full. Whilst recently trying to tidy up the situation I realised that I was subconsciously categorising them.
Ten types are identified, although half of my shirts probably belong in the above three. I'm a bum. But I have golden voice.
[sleepinginmyhead via kottke]
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Epic animation in Google Docs
For the Google Demo Slam, three animators Tu+, Namroc, and Metcalf Anything put together an animation completely in Google Docs. Three days, 450 slides, and they got the video below. A tool might be limited, but you can still get a lot done with a little bit of imagination.
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No axis labels
xkcd geekdom for your slow Monday afternoon. Can you imagine being with someone who doesn't label axes? Outrageous. [xkcd]
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