technically speaking » Politics http://blog.robertfrancis.com ramblings of a interweb user Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:17:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Pepsi Can Turned Social Nightmare http://blog.robertfrancis.com/2011/12/pepsi-can-turned-social-nightmare/ http://blog.robertfrancis.com/2011/12/pepsi-can-turned-social-nightmare/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:13:44 +0000 Rob http://blog.robertfrancis.com/?p=1190

 

Came across this post late last night on Facebook. It’s from an US Military personnel in Iraq featuring a Pepsi can with a cityscape. The image was shared over 30k times by the time I saw it and none of the comments are positive for Pepsi. It goes to show the power of interpretation combined with the power of social media.

Do you find the image on the can offensive?

]]> http://blog.robertfrancis.com/2011/12/pepsi-can-turned-social-nightmare/feed/ 0 A Visual Explanation of the Credit Crisis http://blog.robertfrancis.com/2009/02/visualizationexplanation-of-the-credit-crisis/ http://blog.robertfrancis.com/2009/02/visualizationexplanation-of-the-credit-crisis/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:04:33 +0000 Rob http://blog.robertfrancis.com/?p=172 The credit crisis is all over the news. Blame being tossed from one side of the isle to the other. The newspapers and newscasts speak of it regularly but it’s more noise then substance if you don’t understand what they are talking about. So this leaves the simple questions like:

  • How does this happen?
  • What does all this mean?
  • Outside of the hype, how does this compare to other recessions?

Well a number of designers have taken on the task of making all that information digestible, might I say, even interesting. Here are some of the better examples I’ve seen.


The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis

As part of his thesis, Jonathan Jarvis has created this beautifully executed and explains the complexities of what caused the credit crisis in simple clear terms. For more visit: CrisisofCredit.com




Four Bad Bear Markets

A simple chart covering the Crash of 1929 through today’s housing crisis. For more info on the data behind this chart visit dshort.com

Four Bear Markets

Interactive Charts by 26Variable


Using Google’s Motion Charts it allows you to see the market in action in a clear colorful way.

26variables' SP100

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