beginners

Visualization tends towards familiarity and convenience, which is useful for getting things done and reading data quickly. But the familiar is also less fun and can be stifling.

My two cents on a discussion about what visualization books beginners should and should not read.

Everyone’s a beginner at some point.

Obviously, knowing nothing can be a negative, but some of my favorite work came about when I didn’t know how to do something or what to expect.

Data can be intimidating and confusing for beginners, and as a result they…