Hasta La Ideas

Phil Gyford
prepared an infographic to dis all useless infographics.

Infographics (the art of turning raw, boring data into visually appealing displays and charts) has gained popularity in the last few years as a hot new frontier in graphic design (even though the craft itself is pretty old). It's easy to see why the technique is overused and in danger of being undervalued as a specialized form of graphic design.

(via Noisy Decent Graphics)