Hierarchy of digital distractions

Everytime I visit Information Is Beautiful, I find myself floating away as if I was staring at clouds in a blue sky. That probably sounds esoteric and kinda stupid, but as a former designer who now wades through mountains of data to produce the best possible creative solution for a client campaign, it's people like David McCandless who have inspired me to trust my visual instincts to help uncover insights and patterns.

Data is the new (s)oil - David McCandless

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