I am mesmerized by my guitar hero Joe Satriani’s flying fingers. Ā Get as good at visuals. In his book “Outliers,” Malcolm Gladwell wrote that it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert. Ā That’s over 27 years if you invest one hour/day and almost a decade if you up that to three hours/day. Ā WOW! Many of […]
Continue readingAl Gore now claims to have invented data visualization. Ā Learn the truth… It is April 1. Ā On a more serious point, Al Gore’s “Our Choice” digital journal set a new direction for combining interactivity with text. Ā I’m excited about the possibilities and of course haveĀ a twist in mind. Many visualization practitioners lean toward the idea […]
Continue readingAre your brackets being eliminated? Ā Remove everything possible from your visualizations. Visualization practitioners frequently mention Edward Tufte’s concept of the data-ink ratio, which refers to the ink (pixels) used to present data. What you rarely hear about is the non-data-ink ratio, which refers to elements such as scales, labels, borders, etc. Both sides of the […]
Continue readingIt’s baseball season and we’re sure to hear about performance enhancers. Ā Supercharge your visuals. Many of my clients ask “How do we get more people to use the reports we built with our latest business intelligence / visualization software?” The answer is simple and complex for three reasons: #1 Practitioners replicate the same charts they […]
Continue readingI was listening to Dream Theater’s “The Best of Times” and it has a mesmerizing guitar solo. Ā It sure is the best of times to work with Tableau Software. If you use Tableau or have seen it in action, aren’t you amazed! Ā I was a customer for three years and now Tableau is an integral […]
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