Cool Info-graphics of the Week [Sep 5]

Once every week Pointy Haired Dilbert celebrates the art of chart making by sharing 4-5 of the best info-graphics featured in various web sites. Click here to see the visualizations featured earlier.
Anatomy of a Great Speech - Obama’s acceptance speech at DNC

Presentation Zen captures Obama’s symphony like acceptance speech in a graph shown above. Do [...]

Is this Google adsense ad misleading?

While surfing some of my regular reads on the google reader, I saw this feed ad from google adsense. The ad looks like a text ad with scroll bars. I have never seen scroll bars on text ads by google, so out of curiosity I clicked on the scrollbar and dang, it launched me to [...]

Google Maps adds directions by Public Transport - Wow

Wow, this is awesome. Google maps has added directions by public transport. Sometime back when they integrated public transport timings along with bus-stop / train station icons, it was pretty cool, but adding directions based on bus / train routes is totally awesome. Try it for yourself, click here to see a sample direction.

Google maps 3d building outlines - wow

I haven’t noticed this before, but google maps provides 3d building outlines. I think this is pretty cool.
You can see them in action here.
Earlier on google : Google Park bench in Russia

Stop feeling lucky, its just a google sari

Huh! this has to be the most bizarre sari ever …

Related google stuff you may find odd: Google park bench, Google fools day present to time travelers, Google life
original source:New Launches

Here is a simple way to get Rs. 70 Lakhs when you are 55 - DONT touch your PF

Here is a simple piece of advice to literally everyone who is working: do NOT touch your Provident Fund, no matter what.
Provident fund (commonly known as PF, EPF) is a retirement benefit facility provided to Indian employees by their employers of companies that have more than 20 employees. The option is applicable for practically [...]

Cool outdoor advertising by Google Russia

This is cool, apparently Google resorted to this to beat the leading Russian search provider Yandex. I am not sure whether this would be effective though. Its like forcing people to break a habit. This, probably is the most challenging task for marketers all over the world. When customers are used to Yandex or Naver [...]