Hi guys, this is a collection of visual biographies we created over several years, most recently using Adioma as our visualization tool. The idea started with a desire to better remember what we read in books. I would love to hear suggestions about who we should visualize next. Thank you for reading. UPDATE: Here is what the creation process for these looks like.

Interesting way to measure a life. I wonder what mine would look like. 🤔

This is really great... assuming this can be done not just for Tech people, here are a few people that would be worth doing: 1. Mahatma Gandhi 2. Albert Einstein 3. Pope Francis [I'm not religious just thought of influencers] 4. Napoleon Bonaparte etc..

I guess such "life stories posters" can become a good part of many startup offices. I don't know about educational purpose, because that just a small pieces of information.... but for boosting motivation such timelines (printed) can be very useful. And great example of virus campaign for your initial tool. Good luck!

Your visualisation tool is amazing, congrats Anna and Mark - well done

Hey Anna! I really love your website! I bumped into it last weekend while googling some research about start-up funding so its so awesome to see it pop up on PH. I loved they way you've visualized the biographies, though I also found that the notes that you included below the infographic was just as important to have as a follow-up to the images. I almost skipped them when I was done with the infographic so I think you should incorporate them as part of the infographic at the bottom as text notes, b/c I think most people would skip that over too, but it enhances the visual timeline 1000%! Otherwise, amazing work. I think you should do Trump next and the key players of his administration. Fact checking these guys and disseminating that info, I think that's some viral stuff! Especially when you can compare his "businesses" with legit companies.

Looks good!

these are great - would love to see them sold as large format prints - could make a great donation to some local schools (for various people depending on student age)

Really cool tool! I especially love the universal icons. Do you have student pricing options?

Excellent stuff here 👍

Love these - am always interested in the paths people take to get where they are. Love the visualization that accompanies these stories.

This is fantastic! When I read the first one, I expected it to end after the infographic, which was already an excellent summary, but I really appreciated the write-ups and references as well. I felt like I got the value of 15 hours of reading and synthesizing condensed into less than 1.

Great stuff! I like the ease of reading all this information in a simple and chronological way.

This is an excellent way to show what kind of graphic timelines @adiomahq can do. Very smart.

My only problem with this project is it's a little disingenuous as you skim over the negatives of how some of these companies come to be. For example Facebook was a stolen idea from the twins and they sued Mark winning $65 million. Instead you say he was recruited to make a dating site, drops it, and builds theFacebook in a week. If these biographies included the whole story I think you'd have something fantastic here.

Love this.. Great visualisations!

I glanced at the screenshots, and thought "why is brad pitt in between steve jobs and bill gates?"

You need a $9.95/month Blogger plan -- I think a lot of bloggers looking for interesting content would like to incorporate an occasional infographic into their blog -- like maybe 2-3/month. But at $500/year it wouldn't be worth it.

Creative viewing life as a circle of 100 years and the ring stopping somewhere to indicate the years someone lived. Super interesting, read through all of them! :)

Really good! Well done! In waiting for the new biographies.