Insights · November 16th, 2011
Using sophisticated graphics to illustrate complex ideas (or simple ones) on the Web is a growing trend. iChart is one of the enterprises offering “interactive web charts” that you can post, and more importantly can create to make a point on the web. For example, where are the world’s college graduates most likely to come from?
Even more powerful visualizations become possible when you add video effects, such as in the video below on world population, from NPR. (Side note: it is also interesting to click through to YouTube on this video and scan the comments – a rather amazing discussion on whether population is a problem or a solution (its a problem if you assume every person is entitled to a reasonable standard of living), and whether fast population growth somehow disproves evolution (I would say, probably not).
Glen Hiemstra is a futurist author, speaker, consultant, and Founder of Futurist.com. To arrange for a speech, workshop or consultationcontact Futurist.com.
