Michael Deal Charts the Beatles. For a band that made a consistent hits. Its a well know fact that i have a serious weakness for Infographics and so call “infoporn” in general. I aspire to see things as these artists do.

The above chart is an example of splicing the authorship of different Beatles with color coded bars. Seeing the authorship and the control over the musical direction over the course of their run visually gives a different sense as to how the band was creatively organized. In this case it’s not just about the band, which i like, but rather the different ways of conceptualizing the information that represents the band.

Eventually this larger infographic collaboration is going to be housed at http://www.chartingthebeatles.com/ so if you’re like me and dig yourself some infographicskeep it on your radar

Tags: beatles, chart the beatles, Design, graphic design, infographics

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Cornucopia of Awesome, A bundle of geeky cruft, and a long winded podcaster

I’m sitting here hoping that it stays this way but at this point I’m the last man standing in the house health wars. Both the wife and the boy are under the weather, but the boy is probably directly related to the sleep he is or isn’t getting. Had just enough energy to put the finishing touches on the lair. only a couple more photo’s to print and hang and we’re good to go. Its been a long road.

In the world of technology we’re fast approaching Cyber Monday, the day we are told a ton of online shopping occurs. While i detest the inflated holiday rush to spend, i’d much rather support a day where no one gets crushed under the weight of a doorbuster sale.

Today’s show has a hodgepodge of crazy news but a strong retro vibe is definitely rocking the internet lately. We’re frequently referencing much simpler times, the economy is forcing our hand, and is globalization of data, and content.

The news piled up something fierce this past long weekend and since i spent most of it away with family and friends i have no clue what i missed. So find something awesome send it in!

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Enjoy the show!

• Back Channel: All the Cruft, non of the Chaff now with more fluff
• Where else can you find me? www.paulrjmuller.com
• Got our order in

Geek Cruft:

• Child’s Play Charity kicking off the season
• i Hate 3d Movies
• CaffiNation now has a mobile version, mobile sites are now a must
• Superman, and logo love. My new favorite read
• Swype text entering?
• Kindle gets an update
• Math class. I Choose YOU. had to yoink the title
• Garden gnomes or jawa.
• Twitter trying to hose friendfeed, who owns the content
• Duckhunt Wall art. a must for any lair
• Mario and Queen… a Duet to “Don’t stop me now” almost awesome
• Never ending record, infinite loop 10 goto awesome
• Crazy Concept record player
• Evolution of Storage enbiggen the image here
• LEGO Click – Brick light
• Underground heat from data center
• Geek video game expressionist art
• road rage

Food and Caffeinated Bits:

• Geek Cooking made fun
• Which Star? War or Bucks?
• Spice rack delux
• Everything but the coffee, sounds like an interesting book.

Want to contribute?

Feel free to send in any recipes, reviews or like minded articles and I’ll gladly post it with a link back to your lair!

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

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Tags: 3D movies, 80's, childs play charity, childsplaycharity, duckhunt, geek cooking, infographics, ipod, jawa, Kindle, lp, marshal mcluhan, Records, Retro, spice rack, Star Wars, superman, swype