Robert Kosara contrasts my version of the pay gap graphic with the NYT…
Design
Important in presenting data clearly and beautifully.
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Analysis versus storytelling
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Too many axes
Kaiser Fung talks about the suck of overlaying plots to show a relationship.…
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How businesses approach infographics
The Washington Post asked three “young entrepreneurs” how their company uses infographics. They…
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Fast and slow thinking for maps
James Cheshire ponders the difference between fast and slow thinking maps, and the…
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Van Gogh for the colorblind
After a chat with his color deficient friends about how Vincent van Gogh’s…
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Substratum: A series of interviews with smart people
It’s always nice to hear from the people who are the best at…
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Significant digits and relevance
Lulu Pinney goes over the subtle art of working with significant digits:
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Wow vs. Ah-ha for data graphics
After attending the Eyeo Festival, Zach Gemignani of Juice Analytics noticed a difference…
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Approaching data, a UX perspective
UX designer and consultant, Hunter Whitney, describes a good mindset as you start…
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Chart doesn’t work for colorblind
In regards to a performance chart posted by Netflix, Andy Baio, who along…
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Target for charting excellence
The scales for what qualifies as pretty and useful change depending on the…
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Learn the rules of data graphics so you can bend them
If you take away anything from The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, make…
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New York Times on how they design their graphics
Leading up to their book, Turning Pages: Editorial Design for Print Media, publisher…
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Redesign of the Federal IT Dashboard
About a year after the launch of the Federal IT Dashboard, business intelligence…
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Process: Mapping War Logs for the Guardian
This is a guest post by Alastair Dant, interactive lead at the Guardian.…
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Why context is as important as the data itself
John Allen Paulos, a math professor at Temple University, explains, in the New…
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The path to successful infographics
Most people don’t know what actually goes into a good infographic. There’s a…
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Visualizing data: ask a question first
There is no way to think up an original and extraordinary design—it can…
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Graphical perception – learn the fundamentals first
Before you dive into the advanced stuff – like just about everything in your life – you have to learn the fundamentals before you know when you can break the rules.
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Chart Junk vs. Eye Candy: What’s the Difference?
Photo by horizontal.integration
There’s this one phrase that really bothers me when it…
