Like many children of the 80s, I spent a significant proportion of my rainy afternoons in worlds conjured up by the Choose Your Own Adventure book series. My elementary school library kept a low, fairly unmaintained-looking shelf of them hidden in one of its back corners. Whether this non-marquee placement reflected the librarians’ intention to deemphasize the books in favor of ‘serious’ (children

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Data visualizations and infographics can make complex datasets easier to understand and comprehend. By creating a graphical represenatation of data and statistics, complicated concepts and information can make more sense in less time. Many visualizations focus on representing a specific set of data or statistical information. Others focus on less-concrete topics, providing a visual representation

Information is very powerful but for the most bit it is bland and unimaginative. Infographics channel information in a visually pleasing, instantly understandable manner, making it not only powerful, but extremely beautiful. Once used predominantly to make maps more approachable, scientific charts less daunting and as key learning tools for children, inforgraphics have now permeated all aspects of

To the fortieth anniversary of the Voyager 1 rendezvous with Saturn 40 years ago, Voyager 1 flew 124,000 kilometers from Saturn’s clouds. During the rapprochement, he took a number of the most detailed pictures of the rings and the atmosphere of the giant, as well as its satellites. Two decades later, the encircled giant was approached by the Cassini interplanetary station, which studied it in det

仮想化のメリットを引き出すためには、サーバだけではなく、ストレージ、ネットワークも含めたインフラ全体の仮想化が大切――富士通はこうした考え方に基づき、物理／仮想が混在したシステム環境全体の運用管理の効率化を目指した。 複雑な物理／仮想の混載環境を一元管理 富士通では「仮想化のメリットを引き出すうえでは、システム全体の仮想化が大切」という考えに基づき、サーバだけではなく、ストレージ、ネットワークを含めた仮想化の提案を行っている。運用管理製品も、「可視化」「自動化」に焦点を当てつつ、物理／仮想が混在した環境全体を効率的に管理できる各種製品を用意している。その軸となるのが次の4製品だ。 統合運用管理ツール「Systemwalker Centric Manager」 サーバ運用支援ツール「ServerView Resource Coordinator VE」 業務サービス管理ツール「Systemw

Facebook was launched on February 4, 2004 and has come a long way from a Harvard-only networking site in the intervening years. In fact, Facebook has undoubtedly become the world's largest social network, with over 400 million users worldwide and more than 900 employees. Let's take a closer look at what kinds of numbers and user activity this growth translates to. The following infographic explore

Unfortunatly I never had the opportunity to do client work on an infography, but it seems to be one of the most challenging task for a graphic designer. The perfect infography must synthetize complex information in a simple visual representation, which is not easy. The following examples take information architecture to another level by making it beautiful. 1. Ancient Hebrew Cosmology 2. The moder

Information graphics, or infographics, are visual representations of information, data or knowledge. The graphics are used where complex information needs to be explained quickly and clearly, such as on signs and maps and in journalism, technical writing and education. Today, infographics surround us in the media, in published works both mainstream and scientific and in road signs and manuals. The

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このソフトウェアは以前に紹介済みだが、オープンソース化されたので再度紹介したい。Webアプリケーションにとってグラフは鬼門ではあるが、実現できればユーザビリティを向上できる大きな機能の一つだ。ただの一覧や数字を並べただけでは分からない、具体性を感じられるようになる。 複雑なグラフも難なくこなす グラフを表示するのはHTML、画像、Canvas、Flashが有力で、Flashベースのものが最も表現力に富んでいて多数のブラウザをサポートするだろう。そんな表現力の高いグラフライブラリがFusionCharts Freeだ。 今回紹介するオープンソース・ソフトウェアはFusionCharts Free、Flash + XMLによるグラフ生成ライブラリだ。以前はフリーウェアだったが、ついにオープンソース化された。 FusionCharts Freeはグラフの表示にXMLを用いる。そのためサーバサイド