Scott McCloud (smccloud) wrote,
Scott McCloud
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[cross-posted with my new blog until it's a little more bloggy and a little less lame]

Information Wants to be Loved

Two videos. My daughter Sky showed me this last week:



And Cat Garza showed us this on his blog last week:



They've both been around for a while (2006 & 2002), but if you've never seen either I strongly recommend both. [dates edited to match main page]

Funny thing is, I love the first one because it's all about pure information—spare, monochrome, one idea at a time—and I love the second one because it's just the opposite: a cascading waterfall of mostly useless infographics. Maybe it's just the sensation of being taught. Maybe it's just porn for info-geeks like me. Either way I can't take my eyes off them.
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  • 8 comments

flamingkitties

February 27 2009, 09:02:33 UTC 12 years ago

The video is about seven years old, I think!

If someone already hasn't, let me be the 'first' to introduce you to Rex the Dog.
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Bubblicious from Rex The Dog on Vimeo.

tgeller

February 27 2009, 09:26:29 UTC 12 years ago

Those are two of my favorite videos in the world! The Röyksopp one in particular just makes me *happy*.

P.S.

tgeller

February 27 2009, 09:29:43 UTC 12 years ago

Just today I was just showing a friend Chris Ware's façade at 826 Valencia here in San Francisco. She'd never seen his work; I think I called it "infographics of the human condition", or something like that.

sabournine

February 27 2009, 20:55:11 UTC 12 years ago

I thought this video does an awesome job explaining the credit crisis clearly, with simple visuals and narrative: http://vimeo.com/3261363
(It's from last week or so.)

smccloud

February 27 2009, 21:07:43 UTC 12 years ago

There's a topic for a comic too. If only the economy wasn't such a fast-moving target!

sempaimiles

February 27 2009, 22:09:19 UTC 12 years ago

Cat's always got something amazing going on. Next time we all go out for drinks I'll have to make sure he knows you gave his blog some attention :P

Greetings from the Tenth Dimension

10thdim

May 26 2009, 21:30:45 UTC 11 years ago

Hey Scott, I've posted a new video blog at YouTube that connects to the blog I posted responding to your post above. How's that for wheels within wheels?
:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjxAqd7nS0k
http://imaginingthetenthdimension.blogspot.com/2009/03/scott-mccloud-and-brothers-winn.html
Thanks again for your interest in my project.

Rob Bryanton
Imagining the Tenth Dimension

Hoping to have my say

Anonymous

April 13 2011, 16:37:12 UTC 10 years ago

Hi - I am definitely glad to discover this. cool job!