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For actual depth and substance regarding information visualization, you should just read Tufte, since much of this article is obviously informed by it: http://
by korzon 14y ago
For actual depth and substance regarding information visualization, you should just read Tufte, since much of this article is obviously informed by it: http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi
- astral303 14y ago+1 million. That book changed my life, at least as far as information presentation is concerned. It's that good. If you ever make a chart or a graph, you owe it to yourself and your viewers to read that book.
- aiscott 14y agoWas there a specific book you had in mind? There are 8 at the link.
- ben1040 14y agoOf those, Visual Display of Quantitative Information and Beautiful Evidence are my favorites.
- ctdonath 14y agoAccompany those with the classic How To Lie With Statistics.
- astral303 14y ago"The Visual Display of Quantitative Information" is the one I had in mind. Sorry, I should've checked the link.
- portentint 14y agoAlso check out "Now You See It: Simple Visualization Techniques for Quantitative Analysis". Another great one.
- tokenadult 14y agoTufte's site includes this analysis of a good example of an infographic: http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0002w4 http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0...