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Money
“Should I Buy It?” Flowchart Helps You Make Smarter Purchases
3:30AM Adam Pash | Advertisers would have us believe that we need a lot of things that we really only want, and that brand names are always better. This simple purchasing flowchart walks you through your purchasing decision-making process to help you make the smart choice. More »
Design
An Enlightening Look At A “Hierarchy Of Digital Distractions”
12:10AM Kevin Purdy | David McCandless, crafter of the buzz vs. bulge caffeine/calories axis we dug, examined his work days and found a kind of protocol for what was likely to pull him away from actual work. It’s both smile inducing and thought provoking. More »
Design
Creately Makes Group-Edited Charts And Illustrations Easy
9:30PM Kevin Purdy | If you’re looking to plan out a project, share code design or craft a funny flowchart for friends or coworkers, Creately is a free webapp that offers a no-software tool with a nice and easy learning curve. More »
Work
The Road To Happiness In Your Work Lies In The Hooray! Zone
8:30AM Azadeh Ensha | It’s been said that there’s no formula for happiness when it comes to our professional and personal lives. Maybe so. But according to weblog What Consumes Me, there is a Venn diagram. More »
Design
Lovely Charts Creates Polished Diagrams
3:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Lovely Charts is a free web-based tool for creating flow charts, site maps, network diagrams, and other visualisations with a drag-and-drop interface and a look somewhat upscale from black-line boxes and polygonal boxes. You’ll be zipping through charts after a few minutes familiarising yourself with the layout of the tools—I made the basic network diagram above within the first minute I was on the site. You can customise nearly everything: icon size, labels, the size and shape of the connections between the icons, and so on. One feature that’s missing, but in the works, is the ability to upload your own icons and artwork. Good thing, too, since my network map won’t be complete until I can add a little Xbox icon. You can export your charts as JPEG or PNG files at the size you specify. Lovely Charts has free and professional accounts, the primary difference between the two being that free accounts are restricted to saving a single chart. You can create and export as many charts as you want, but are restricted to saving one chart for future editing. If you need the ability to edit and save multiple charts but would like to avoid paying for a service, take a look at previously reviewed open-source application Dia. Lovely Charts [via Tech Crunch] More »
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