Visualizing Information Abundance: Every 60 Seconds on the Web

My colleague Cord Blomquist brought to my attention this amazing info-graphic, which depicts the stunning volume of activity unfolding every 60 seconds online. [Click on the image to enlarge it.] It appears the graphic was created by Go-Globe.com, a web design firm, although I've not been able to find the original. [Cord found it in this collection of "35 Cool Infographics for Web and Graphic Designers."]  I find this graphic especially interesting because it helps bolster the work I've been doing lately with Jerry Brito about the challenges faced by information control regimes. [See our recent essays on the topic: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.]  Most recently, I put together a list of "Some Metrics Regarding the Volume of Online Activity" but I'd been searching for a really excellent visualization to help tell this story and this is probably the best one I've ever seen. Absolutely amazing numbers.