How to Spot a Gun

using a graph

Edward Tufte has this discussion about a graphic that shows how to spot a hidden firearm.

"Color is used to highlight how the gun moves and how the gun reveals itself, short visual noun-verb sentences that indicate the key signs that help detectives to spot someone carrying a hidden handgun. Thus the color usually has a distinct substantive point and is not just used to depict surfaces or to decorate the news."

Hidden hand gun

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Flight Status

Where da plane?

An easy way to find out whether Aunt Mable's plane is on time is to type the airline name and number into Google (or Bing).






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Ribbon Reasoning

What it's all about

Users opened Office 2007 and were shocked by the transformation that was the Ribbon User Interface.
Here's a collection of how to's and whys by Patrick Schmid.
The Office UI Bible




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On Screen Music

Pixel sounds

Click the box make a sound.

ThePixelPlant.com




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Free Information

Sound bites and more

This is a collection of historical material including Edward R Murrow’s response to Joseph McCarthy.

Edward R Murrow

FreeInfoSociety




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