Ah, the one-hit wonder. It’s what all newly successful Billboard Hot 100 artists fear most — right, Carly Rae Jepsen? Well, maybe it’s too soon to predict the “Call Me Maybe” singer’s fate, but we wouldn’t be surprised if she eventually joins the forgotten ranks of Aqua and Lou Bega — y’know, after she’s done jamming with The Roots and whatnot. Did you know that some music industry folks consider Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin to be one-hit wonders? They each only had one song on the Top 40 charts, which technically qualifies them. Crazy stuff. Anyway, after the jump, we took a few of the best-selling one-hit wonders of all time and made a silly little flowchart to determine the hit that suits you best. … Read More
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Awesome Infographics: YA Cover Art Trends in 2011
We recently came across Uncovering YA Covers, an amazing series of infographics drawn up by YA author Kate Hart about the trends in YA cover art in 2011, and we have to admit, we were discouraged but not unsurprised at some of the things she found. Looking at The Elevensies and the Goodreads list of 2011 YA releases, Hart analyzed over 600 book covers for a variety of criteria — color, minority representation, the way girls are portrayed (headless, dead, ready for prom) — and turned her findings into these fun charts. Click through to school yourself on the YA book cover trends (so much filigree, as it turns out), and let us know what you think in the comments! … Read More
Awesome Infographic: What Kind of Geek Are You?
Would you classify yourself as a geek? Wait though, which kind of geek? A pop culture geek? A sports geek? An encyclopedia geek? A chic geek? An internet geek? If you’re unsure, Best Colleges Online has put together a swell infographic to help you out. Now, let’s face it — you’re probably a combination of a few of these (we know we are, and we’d like to suggest that a lit geek category be added to round us out) — but it’s still fun to check out the attributes of the little cartoon geek version of yourself you most identify with. Click through to check out the infographic, and let us know where you fall on the Sacred Order of Geeks in the comments! … Read More
Awesome Infographic: A Man’s Guide to Dressing for the Kentucky Derby
Attending a Kentucky Derby party this Saturday and don’t know what to wear? For women, it’s pretty easy: some kind of sundress and the biggest, most ostentatious hat you can find. But what about the gents? Thankfully, the bros at The Art of Manliness have put together this classy guide to Derby-appropriate menswear. So, dig… Read More
Awesome Infographic: How to Write a Booker Prize-Winning Novel
Want to know how to write a novel worthy of the illustrious Man Booker Prize? Well, from the looks of it, you should probably make sure to kill a bunch of characters. This chart, created by the good folks at Delayed Gratification (where you can also see a larger version), breaks the 2011 longlisted… Read More
Awesome Infographic: The Tangled Web of 'Community' Relationships
Over three seasons, the relationships between Greendale Community College’s students and staff have become kind of difficult to remember — and Community‘s four-month hiatus has made keeping track of who’s slept with whom and how many hook-ups Britta and Annie have shared entirely impossible. Thankfully, this chart will get you up to date on who… Read More
Awesome Flowchart: Which Horror Novel Is Right for You?
A few months ago, the generous geeks at SF Signal helped us dip our toe into the world of sci-fi/fantasy literature with an excellent flowchart. Now that we’ve mastered that genre, we’re excited to see that it’s inspired a similar graphic from redditor happinessinmiles, designed to tell us which gothic or… Read More
Awesome Infographic: Steve Jobs' Spheres of Influence
Though the media’s frantic reeling from the loss of Steve Jobs has abated a bit, the discussions on his influence over technology, business and the world at large have not, and probably will not for years to come. To further the discussion, GQ has put together a great infographic — or as they call… Read More
Awesome Infographic: Orwell vs. Huxley
Although 1984 and Brave New World are hardly the only great dystopian novels of the 20th century (hi there, Margaret Atwood), George Orwell and Aldous Huxley may well have shaped most English-language readers’ nightmare visions of the future. So it makes sense to contrast Orwell’s world of constant war and government thought control with Huxley’s… Read More
A Visual Breakdown of the Occupy Wall Street Movement
There are a lot of stereotypes floating around about the people who support the Occupy Wall Street movement, such as, they’re all a bunch of extreme leftist hippies or angry, unemployed college grads. Using online survey data compiled by business intelligence analyst Harrison Schultz and Professor Hector R. Cordero-Guzman from the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College, Fast Company has created an infographic that looks at the age, gender, race, political affiliation, educational background, and income of recent visitors to occupywallst.org — which is the closest thing the self-described leaderless resistance movement has to an official website. Click through to examine their somewhat surprising findings about its virtual supporters. … Read More
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