
Who Says Data Visualization Should be Beautiful?
I’ve said this a million times and I’ll say it again: aesthetics matter. Making things beautiful is not superfluous. It can make the difference between
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I’ve said this a million times and I’ll say it again: aesthetics matter. Making things beautiful is not superfluous. It can make the difference between
I fundamentally disagree with the image used to illustrate this article. And I chose it! I’m picking a fight with myself! Charts don’t belong exclusively in
Have you ever eaten a meal where the entire experience was just a failure? Maybe you waited a long time to sit down, the waiter
Data is not the Truth. Data is not objective. Data is not the end-all be-all solution to all of our problems. But first and foremost,
When you’re creating a visual representation of anything, the thing you’re representing is, by definition, where you have to start. You can’t make a visual
Made you look! See the power of a great headline to turn heads? Actually, in this case, this could be a terrible headline. Personally, I’m
Every data visualization starts its life as a “xenographic”, which means a strange unfamiliar graphic that might be confusing, intimidating, maybe even scary.
If you’ve ever run a marathon, you might be familiar with a “couch to marathon” training program. The idea is that you can go from
One of the most important figures in African American history is W.E.B. Du Bois. He was the first African American to receive a PhD from
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