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Gliffy Self Help Expands: User Manual Now Available!
The entire Gliffy staff is proud to provide our Gliffy Users with (drum roll please) the Gliffy User Manual Now, as you work on your complicated Network Diagrams or fancy Flow Charts, you can easily search for basic how-to’s, hints, … Continue reading
The Crisis of Credit
If you haven’t seen this animated flowchart by Jonathan Jarvis and you’re still scratching your head about where all the money has gone, now’s your chance. click through to watch the animated video Flowing Data features Mr. Jarvis’ thesis work … Continue reading
The Way to Your Heart
Did you get enough to eat this Thanksgiving? I sure did. I was stuffed before the main course hit the table and that’s not even mentioning the two desserts my wife made. But, I suppose you might still be hungry. … Continue reading
Make Mine a Double
Oooh look! It’s the elusive flowchart seen in its natural habitat! It isn’t often we get to see a flowchart out of it’s internet-burrow (they’re nocturnal), so let’s see what we can learn from this brave little fella. This picture … Continue reading
They’re Isnt a Chance Id Get it Wrong
I am a professional writer. Occasionally, I click send on an email only to glance at it again and release a long, horrible, Skywalker-esque “noooooooooooooooo!’ I’ve missed an apostrophe. Luckily, thanks to the flowchart created over at the Oatmeal, this … Continue reading
I Knew I Should Have Taken That Left at Albuquerque
flow chart also flow·chart (flchärt)n. A schematic representation of a sequence of operations, as in a manufacturing process or computer program That’s according to the Free Dictionary. And if we accept that definition (as we do) the only thing keeping … Continue reading
Perception
I came across two flowcharts worth sharing this morning. The first is from Christene Barberich, Piera Gelardi and Joshua Covarrubias, writing and designing for Refinery 29. They’re poking fun of Scott Schuman whom you might better know as the Sartorialist. … Continue reading
Insert Pun About Flow Here
Full disclosure: I (heart) guts. In this case, what I’m talking about is the anatomically obsessed illustrator who creates t-shirts, plush toys, buttons and stickers of cartoon-y organs under the moniker I (heart) guts. I first saw her work at … Continue reading
Overflow in New York
I do love a complicated flowchart. There is something inherently engaging about following all the paths, crossing and twisting around the diagram, until you reach all possible endings. I blame Choose Your Own Adventure books. These flowcharts from New York … Continue reading
The Subway is a Thing of Beauty
Until I saw this poster, I didn’t think of subway maps as either beautiful or flowcharts. This one though, created by NYC graphic designer/illustrator Erin Jang, is both. Erin’s nephew’s had a subway-themed birthday party and she made this one-glance … Continue reading
