Comments on: Review: The Visual Miscellaneum by David McCandless

By: Book Review: The Visual Miscellaneum | Vicki Boykis

Book Review: The Visual Miscellaneum | Vicki Boykis — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:41:14 +0000

[...] first heard about this book from Nathan of Flowing Data (a data visualization blog I read semi-religiously) and I knew I had to read it.Â I love data [...]

By: 8 Great Gifts for Your Data Geek « Earth to Bobby

8 Great Gifts for Your Data Geek « Earth to Bobby — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:04:54 +0000

[...] The Visual Miscellaneum – This book covers a wide variety of topics with lots of pretty infographics. Read my glowing review. [...]

By: jeremy

jeremy — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:28:17 +0000

So much of getting better visual explanations relies on having more people knowing them when they see them and pushing in that direction. Imagine what windows would look like without the Mac to set expectations, or where we would be without Tufte’s examples, or the fine folks at the NYTimes.
So these books, even playful ones, help all of us float on a rising tide.
I look forward to both reading David McCandless’ book and leaving it on my desk for others to find.

By: Alee

Alee — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:11:13 +0000

I’m incredibly excited about this book! His blog, Information is Beautiful, has a great display of data visualization, and I’m excited to see this compilation of graphics.

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:53:38 +0000

As a happy owner of such compendiums as Schott’s Original Miscellany and The Weekend Book (reissued in all its 1920s glory), I go weak at the knees at the prospect of browsing The Visual Miscellaneum. Where else but in David McCandless’s Guardian blog would I have seen the UK budget deficit shown so accurately as a black hole in the graphic?

Pick me, ooh ooh, pick me!

By: Rich W

Rich W — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:28:49 +0000

I’m kind of new to the whole concept of alternative data visulisation techniques, but driving it forward in any medium can only be a good thing!

By: Jason Lankow

Jason Lankow — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:57:16 +0000

I received my copy in the mail last week and the book is beautiful! I also loved the little “Critics Say” blurbs at the bottom of some of the graphics so that you could also feel like you were viewing them on the internet and seeing the heroic comments that people leave.

By: Harald Koebler

Harald Koebler — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:09:58 +0000

Funny that you blog this today, b/c I found this book in a book store myself yesterday and was flipping through it all evening. Every page was very interesting and kept me busy until I was all the way through.

Nice collection indeed.