If I have to make a chart to communicate information, I usually just go with the old pie chart, right?

Wrong. There are a million different types of tables and each has their own strengths and weaknesses. This flow chart is a great tool to help you decide which is most useful specific to your needs.

There's been a lot of confusion about who gets free upgrades to Windows 10 on July 29. This flowchart should make it nice and simple to determine if you do.

There's a subscription service for everything these days, from TV to beauty products to meals. Most of them don't cost much each month, but they can add up. Author Ramit Sethi offers a simple flowchart to help you decide whether your subscription is worth it.

There are so many types of beer out there that it can be tough to decide what you want to imbibe. This handy flow chart is here to help you with that.

Apps and sites that demand that people supply their real name often end up mired in controversy -- just ask Google or Facebook. This common-sense flowchart explaining the circumstances under which it's actually OK to demand real names from users spells out the approach you should take.

Even the best camera is only as good as the photographer's skills. The "Where to Start" interactive chart guides beginners to learn about the basics of photography.

Stress can be terribly damaging. Although it's normal to get stressed every so often, much of what we worry about doesn't come to pass. This illustration could help keep things in perspective.

When you share your photos or other creative materials on websites like Flickr, you have several licensing options. This flowchart can help you pick the right licence under Creative Commons.

When your Android phone or tablet stops working properly, it could be an app or the system itself causingthe issue. This fix-it flowchart from Lifehacker alum and Android book author Kevin Purdy can walk you through diagnosing and solving the problem.

The next time you feel unmotivated, consult this handy flowchart for a cure. Based on the book The Procrastination Equation by Piers Steel, the chart guides you to do one of four things associated with motivation and defeating procrastination.

Google+ Hangouts are great for straight-up talking, and they have some productive features, too. Now the gates are open to third-party apps to enhance the platform. The first batch is mostly games and goofiness, but two tools stand out.

Amazon's newly introduced Kindles, including the Fire tablet, vary by quite a few features and certain options add more to the price. How to decide which Kindle to get? Just check this flowchart for your options.

Setting up your home network can be tricky if you have multiple computers or devices and peripherals. To help you get organised, our friends at How-To Geek have put together a guide for planning and mapping your home network.

If you're sick of flow charting in Vizio (or whatever) and are feeling nostalgic for the good old days of ASCII art, ASCIIFlow can solve both your problems by letting you make text-based flow charts right in your web browser.

Our final Lifehacker Reader meetup in this series took place in Melbourne last night. Once again readers rose to the challenge of producing amusing flowcharts, with emoticons, binary and IPOs deployed with aplomb.

Unsure whether you have planned your career correctly, how to deal with the recent PlayStation Network hack or whether you are Vanilla Ice? The best flowcharts from our Brisbane reader meetup will help you work that out.

Last night's Sydney Lifehacker reader meetup went off with a bang. One of the challenges we set was to design a funny flowchart. There were some impressive results, which you can see below.

Windows: If you're looking for a quick and simple way to generate a flowchart, Diagram Designer is a free and lightweight tool for easy flowchart generation.

Flowcharts are a helpful tool for entrepreneurs and organisations alike, and there are a lot of web-based tools for making them. Two of them, LucidChart and Creately, have helpfully integrated into the Google Apps Marketplace, where they fit in nicely.