I’m a fan of Stephen Few; pretty much, always have been, and, pretty much, always will be. When developing dashboards, reports, and analysis results, it’s not uncommon at all for me to consciously consider some Few-oriented data visualization principles. One of those principles is “maximize the data-pixel ratio,” which is …
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Ryan Goodman of Centigon Solutions wrote up his take on a recent discussion on LinkedIn that centered on the tension between data visualization that is “flashy” versus data visualization that rigorously adheres to the teachings of Tufte and Few. The third point in Goodman’s take is worth quoting almost in its …
I caught an NPR story about recovery.gov last week, and it sounded really promising. Depending on where you fall on the political spectrum, the various rounds of stimulus and bailout funding that have come through over the past six months fall somewhere between “throwing money away,” “ready, fire, aim,” and …
Slightly off-topic for this blog, and a little dated, but worth sharing nonetheless. During a discussion with a couple of my co-workers today, I made an observation about how my current company, as well as one of the major consulting firms we use, seem to really be in love with …
I’ve glanced through various folks’ copies of Stephen Few’s Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data on several occasions over the past few years. And, it was a heavy influence on the work that an ad hoc team in the BI department at National Instruments undertook a couple …