Comments on: Comments on 20090

Post number 20090

SandeepKrishnamurthy — Tue, 17 Sep 2002 15:22:28 -0800

Your guide to recent corporate scandals. An excellent visual description of recent corporate scandals and all the connections between the different firms and people involved. There is a small pop-up thingie that comes up if you drag your mouse on any box (the techies will know the more precise term for it).

By: thanotopsis

thanotopsis — Tue, 17 Sep 2002 15:36:54 -0800

It's called Alternate Text, but "Pop-up thingie" is perfectly acceptable.

By: SandeepKrishnamurthy

SandeepKrishnamurthy — Tue, 17 Sep 2002 15:39:18 -0800

Thank you, thanotopsis.

By: sharksandwich

sharksandwich — Tue, 17 Sep 2002 15:53:52 -0800

Cool, but I think the artist could use some tips from Edward Tufte.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:03:05 -0800

Actually, there only seems to be one pop-up for the entire image (which is just an image, not an interactive imagemap) giving credit to contributors. If you're looking for something more, you can stop.

By: skyboy

skyboy — Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:04:42 -0800

It's a fun work, but I think Dave Shulman's "Gateway to Heaven" diagram is more clever(erer), in a fluxus kind of way. [click on "Enlarge Image" to see it] Shulman's style appears to be circa Seventies, but must be more recent ("SUV," "HMO," "soy milk"). Sorry, no ALT tag...

By: zenpop

zenpop — Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:55:20 -0800

Is this a set relic from Russell Crowe's character's office in A Beautiful Mind? After studying the melange for five minutes I hit my 'back' button and took two Advil.

By: inpHilltr8r

inpHilltr8r — Tue, 17 Sep 2002 17:01:18 -0800

After studying the melange for five minutes I hit my 'back' button and took two Advil. ...and this is why they continue to get away with it!

By: signal

signal — Tue, 17 Sep 2002 17:30:41 -0800

I think the visual clutter was on purpose, kind of a comment on the general fuckedupness off the whole matter.

By: Grod

Grod — Tue, 17 Sep 2002 19:07:17 -0800

hmm, anyone know why the alt text pops and disapears very quickly in IE 6?

By: Jeff Howard

Jeff Howard — Tue, 17 Sep 2002 20:41:28 -0800

Hard to tell if it's intentional or not. On one hand, serious information graphics don't generally make good T-shirts, but he's trying to sell it as 'Diagrams to help you make sense of it all.' Fun T-shirt, but far from an excellent visual description. Intentional visual clutter worked for the Spamdemic Map, but this just comes off as a poor use of Visio.

By: zpousman

zpousman — Wed, 18 Sep 2002 05:43:44 -0800

I always liked They Rule (Flash)-- you can see the executive boards of many of the biggest US and international companies and see who is scratching who's underbelly both in the corporate sector and in the government. Is business really exterting undue influence in politics? -- you decide.