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More Pictures Than Ever Before

How many pictures are being taken???

  • 350 million images uploaded every single day.
  • Half of the photos ever taken were taken in the last two years.
  • YouTube streams 133,000 hours of video every day.
  • Facebook users post 300 million images a day.
  • Instagram logs 8,500 Likes a second.

Source: Quirk’s – November, 2013

Relevation Tips: How to make a clean report

Our data visualization expert has three top tips for creating a clean report.  However, it is important to remember that in writing a report you must first find the story, then do your analysis homework, and finally support those findings.

#1 Be Consistent Slide to Slide

  • Use theme colors and templates
  • Use the same font, even within the charts and tables
  • Make the size of the charts and tables the same throughout the report

#2 Keep Charts Organized and Simple

  • Legend should follow order of bar –
    • If vertical bars, legend should also be vertical and clearly visible to LEFT of bars
    • If horizontal bars, legend should also be horizontal and clearly visible at TOP of graph
  • Only show necessary data.  Avoid showing every point of each scale, when possible show only a summary.

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#3 Make Tables Easy to Read

  • Rows should be easy-to-read and distinguishable from each other.

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Relevation & Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance

Each year Relevation commits their time and expertise to perform pro bono work for a group or cause that directly impacts people’s lives in a positive and lasting way. This year we have chosen the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance (TSA), an organization dedicated to finding a cure for tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) while improving the lives of those affected.

TSC is a genetic disorder that causes non-malignant tumors to form in many different organs, primarily in the brain, eyes, heart, kidney, skin and lungs. Nearly 1 million people worldwide are estimated to have TSC, with approximately 50,000 in the United States.

In 2013, Relevation provided pro bono marketing research to the Alliance to further their mission.

For more information about the TSA and TSC see http://www.tsalliance.org/index.aspx.rr_tsa

 

Top Reasons Younger Users Disenchanted with Facebook

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Is the stylus back in style?

Palm topRemember back in the day the PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) with its matching “stylus”. You could jot down notes, manage your calendar, and keep all your contacts electronically. Well, it’s back only better…

The Samsung Note II is a “phablet”, basically a cross between a smart phone and a small tablet with a cool stylus tucked neatly in the side of the phone. The 5.5″ screen lets you search the Internet, watch videos, listen to music, read your emails, post to social media, and take notes with its handy stylus.

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The hunt for a pen and a napkin is over, now just grab your phone, pull out the stylus and write, draw, and doodle to your heart’s content. You can even upload your doodles to Facebook or Instagram. And if you walk away without putting the stylus back in the phone’s slot it will beep at you and display a message that you left the stylus behind. Cool! The stylus is a definite keeper.