If I had the time to learn any programming language, it’d be Processing, responsible for this gem of an infograph. Now the developers have a book out and my list of excuses dwindles. ¶ “This book was written as an introduction to the ideas of computer programming within the context of the visual arts. It targets an audience of computer-savvy individuals who are interested in creating interactive and visual work through writing software but have little or no prior experience.” ¶ This is my Kryptonite, in other words.

This is a visual essay by Cobra Creative for Clif Bars which advocates bicycle riding as an environmental good. ¶ Doesn’t matter whether you agree or not, you keep watching. The points are clear. The points are nicely illustrated. The illustrations blend and twist into each other seamlessly, which is the rhetorical equivalent of a perfect transition sentence between paragraphs. ¶ The visual essay. It is the new gold standard for communicating simple ideas to a broad, skeptical audience. Those who can write them will always have bread on their tables. ¶ I want to learn them. I want to make them. I want to teach them.