Graph by chenry

Graph by Arden Varney

To all associates of GraphJam:

We have been informed that the August edition of Wired Magazine will feature your favorite graphs from GraphJam in their Play section. (W00t!) We supplied Wired with more than 15 graphs, recreated in high-resolution by our imaging department so that your submissions will appear gloriously in print. The graphs were a mix of 3 requested by Wired and most popular posts that made our homepage.

We’ll update you with more information as we find out, including which graphs were immortalized.

Until then, please remember to fill up the coffee pot — lest you be fed to tigers.

Sincerely,

President, CEO, and Deputy Minister of GraphJam

Corporate Memorandum ID 2008-06-03

To all associates of GraphJam:

Corporate HQ is issuing 2 new templates for use for the submission of graphs. Right-click and save the template to download them. If you require further assistance, refer to your employee handbook under “image editing”.

Graph template ID 14:

Graph template ID 15:

Any derivative works from these templates are to be sent to graphjam@gmail.com for review.

Sincerely,

Dwight
Assistant (to the) Manager for Graph Quality Control
Office of Data Imaging
GraphJam Corporation, Inc.

Anything. Including this site.

Thanks for all your submissions! (You can see submissions here.) We are astounded by all your creativity and just how quickly you’ve been spreading the word about this site. You are what makes Corporate America a bearable place to work.

And of course, keep making graphs! Our Q2 numbers depend on you!

Thanks again,

Assistant to the Deputy Manager of Graph Quality
(Six Sigma Process Certified)

Tips on how to make graphs:

1. Pick a topic to visualize
   Something in the news, or on the mind of the public conscience. Or you can try a classic. Pick an item from the topic that can be explained visually.
2. Graph it
   Option A: Pick from the following graph templates. (Right-click, Save As)
   • All of the below in a ZIP file
   • Venn Diagram (two circles) – Excel
   • Venn Diagram (three circles) – Excel
   • Bar Graph (Horizontal bars) – Excel
   • Bar Graph (Vertical bars) – Excel
   • Calendar – Excel (Or send us a screenshot from your favorite calendar app)
   • Line Graph – Excel
   • Pie Chart – Excel
   • Flow Chart – Visio

   Option B: On Google Docs, You can create the simples ones like bars, lines, or pie charts.

   • Click New > Spreadsheet to start a new chart.
   • Enter the values for the chart
   • Highlight the cells and click on the Chart button:
   • Select the type, give it a title, and save the document.
   • To submit it, click on the Share tab and invite us at graphjam@gmail.com
3. Or get creative using Office, Visio or other tools and email it to us.
   Suggest other graph types in the comments!