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pewinternet:

Over at the e-patients.net blog, Susannah Fox asks: If 16% of internet users say they have looked for information about immunizations or vaccinations online, what are they finding in those searches? How do they judge the quality of information they find? More broadly, does the benefit of greater access to information outweigh the costs?

“Information spreads like wildfire, right or wrong”

good: Americans continue to have no idea how much government welfare they’re actually getting:  We s

good: Americans continue to have no idea how much government welfare they’re actually getting: We s

whateveryousaysuperman: wow, i never thought of that…

whateveryousaysuperman: wow, i never thought of that…

for Hallie

for Hallie

word austinkleon: My friend Matt Diffee’s Texas Monthly comic, “Rattled!” is very funny. (Oddly enou

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austinkleon:

My friend Matt Diffee’s Texas Monthly comic, “Rattled!” is very funny. (Oddly enough, I had a dream about a rattlesnake last night…)

man, this is totally my life… chibird: Actually had this idea in my head since last summer, bu

man, this is totally my life…

chibird:

Actually had this idea in my head since last summer, but added the last panel in now for kicks. ;D I have terrible allergies, and that’s supposed to be my laptop. XD Really happy with the way it turned out. >u<

Trying not to count how many times a day I say, “The printers are under the printer sign,

Trying not to count how many times a day I say, “The printers are under the printer sign,” while pointing to the bright red sign labeled PRINTERS.

infauxgraphics and pie charts

Love this! Excerpted from The Infauxgraphic Epidemic:

Seriously, stay the fuck away from pie charts. And for the love of god, if you have to use one, use only one. I’m guilty of this very transgression and I’m in the process of switching all my pie charts to something else because pie charts are really, really, really useless, almost all of the time. The main things people like about pie charts are:

1. They are circles, and everyone loves a circle. Circular things look like important things. This is not enough of a reason to use one.
2. They can contain artfully segmented pieces inside of them, and designers like to break things up into segments. This is a valuable skill, but it’s being misused when it’s a pie chart.
3. We like to shove too many things into a pie chart. If you have more than about 5 slices, use something else. If the things in the pie chart are not part of a whole that equal 100%, do not use a pie chart.
4. We like the look of a lot of pie charts on one page together, but one pie chart is completely incomparable to another one. Humans just can’t perceive the differences between circles, whether they’re sized differently or include differently segmented pies, we simply can’t detect the differences between similar items very well. Bars work so much better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnJnA_mt_UA The People’s Court – Judge Milian Flips out on Defe

The People’s Court – Judge Milian Flips out on Defendant (by halflip876)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p72UqyVPj54 Beyonce- Run the World (LIES) (by NineteenPercent)

Beyonce- Run the World (LIES) (by NineteenPercent)