It’s better to err on the side of obvious than leave things ambiguous.
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Ambiguous Units of Measurement
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Uncertain Words and Uncertain Visualization, Better Together
People’s interpretation of a chart can change if you use differents words to describe it, even if the data stays the same.
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Bad bar chart
Welcome to whose bar chart is it anyway: where the geometries are made…
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GitHub contribution graph to show burnout
A quick annotation by Jonnie Hallman on Twitter: “GitHub is really good at…
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Annotate Charts to Help Your Data Speak, Because the Data Has No Idea What It Is Doing (The Process #52)
This week, we talk annotation and how it can make your charts more readable and easier to understand.
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GitHub is meant to track code
Jen Luker noted, “As amazing as @github is, it is a tool designed…
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Making annotation easier with d3.js
There are two main reasons annotation is often a challenge. The first is…
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Annotate charts with a few clicks using ChartAccent
Some say annotation is the most important layer for charts meant for public…
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Annotating Charts in R
Let the data speak for itself they say. That doesn’t work a lot of the time, and when that happens, you need to explain.
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Food tracker diary timeline
With the availability of weight and food tracking apps these days, there are…
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Weight loss and life events
Reddit user superemmjay tracked his weight for 20 months and plotted the measurements.…
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Analysis versus storytelling
Robert Kosara contrasts my version of the pay gap graphic with the NYT…
