Infographics, they're everywhere you go online these days.
Follow someone on Twitter?
Then watch them link off to an image full of bar graphs, circles and calibrated scales.
Reading an online news site?
Then expect a convoluted embedded image showing growth / decline in this commodity or that financial product, when all you really want is a green tick or a red cross (or just the words "Buy" or "sell")
Note: Some are now animated or allow you to see progress over time.
Attending an industry presentation?
Expect the occasional slide pulled together in Adobe Illustrator that baffles more than it explains.
Infographication, the practice of using too many complex infographics.
Sure, a picture does paint a thousand words, but what if you only need to say a few?
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