Last summer I briefly tried to ‘curate’ (that ones for Mike!) a weekly list of links I’d found interesting. It didn’t last long. I’m not convinced I’m going to be any better this time but I am reading *alot* of blogposts at the moment and sending quite a bit to Evernote so we’ll see.

Anyway here are three posts that particularly sparked my interest this week and they are all pretty inter-related. Think of this as the infographic edition!

– TWITTER’S MIGUEL RIOS ON CHOOSING VIZ METHODS

In his talk last week at OpenVis Conf, Miguel Rios, who leads the Visual Analysis & Insights team at Twitter, walked through four major options for viz on the web—HTML/CSS, SVG, HTML5 Canvas, and WebGL—using real-life examples to create a simple rubric for choosing the most suitable format.

– MISINFORMATION CAN BE BEAUTIFUL TOO

Data visualisation creates powerful, elegant images from complex information, but can also be potentially deceptive.

– WHO HAS THE BEST CHANCE OF UNDERSTANDING INFOGRAPHICS?

The answer is (depending on the type of infographic):
A man of above average numeracy with a doctoral-level degree between 45 and 54 years old.