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The Real World: Data Visualization

Real-world infographics, analog data visualization, physical visualization… there’s no official term for it yet,(...)

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Jan 6, 12 | 1 min read

Gone With the Data

There are a lot of bad infographics out there. Some just don’t work with human perception and because of that, end(...)

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Jan 5, 12 | 1 min read

Source Code: 5 Rules of Researching Infographics

What could be worse than a poorly designed infographic? A poorly sourced one. Too many infographics and data visualizati(...)

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Dec 29, 11 | 1 min read

The Giving Tree(map)

Treemaps have proliferated fast and far since Ben Shneiderman invented them in 1990. One reason for this quick spre(...)

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Dec 23, 11 | 1 min read

2D’s Company, 3D’s a Crowd

All your favorite things; Now in 3D! While this is a great tagline for movies and video games, visualizations work diffe(...)

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Dec 14, 11 | 1 min read

There’s Something About Yellow

Maroon. Chartreuse. Marigold. Cerulean. There are many colors to choose from when designing infographics and data visual(...)

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Dec 7, 11 | 5 min read

A Line Walks Into a Bar

We all know visualizations can be a great way to represent data, but some visualizations are better than others at certa(...)

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Dec 5, 11 | 1 min read

The world’s longest news story

When Reuters closed its liveblog of the triple disaster in Japan after 14 days of live reporting, the resulting story wa(...)

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Apr 6, 11 | 1 min read

Avoiding Peacock and Weasel Terms

The peacock is an impressive-looking bird and the weasel is a shrewd little predator. They certainly have their place in(...)

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Mar 8, 11 | 3 min read