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We’ve said it before – we love information presented in unique ways. Nathan Yau collects compelling charts, tables, and other ways of visualizing data from across the web at FlowingData. The infographics range from the serious (a pie chart of Iraq rebuilding funds that are accounted for vs. unaccounted) to the entertaining (a recently popular entry is how to win at Rock Paper Scissors).

This flow chart is critical for anyone who has seen Inception and is still trying to figure it out.

Beyond the entertainment value, Yau’s blog does a good job of showing how some complex topics can be understood much more quickly by glancing at a chart than reading a page of copy.

YOUR TURN: What’s your favorite chart?

We love unique presentations. That’s exactly what the New York Times created with its graphic representation of economic cycles for the last four decades. 

The slideshow charts economic expansions, slowdowns, downturns, and recoveries by year and month. 

While the data is a little old, it is still a fascinating illustration of business cycles past and present.

Is your economic outlook improving?

www.iconfinder.net

It’s hard to find good clip art for presentations and other uses. Icon Finder solves part of that problem with some unique art. Admittedly, the graphics are small because they are designed as icons for Web sites, but we definitely see applications in PowerPoint presentations or other media.

Open the Icon Finder gallery.