communicating with data
Noah Iliinsky and O’Reilly were kind enough to send me one review copy of Noah’s book and who says review copy says review, so here goes. We need more introductory books to data visualization. I’ve had several discussions with data visualization colleagues who feel that there are too many books already. I strongly believe otherwise. [...]
I’ve just read Visualize This by Nathan Yau and you should too. Before I go and develop why, I’d like to say a few words about the author. Thank you Nathan! Nathan started flowingdata in 2007. This wasn’t the first blog on data visualization, and his author wasn’t the best known member of this community. [...]
Introducing Making Data Meaningful Part 2 – Style guide on the presentation of statistics – which, as its name cleverly suggests, is a compilation of advice to present graphical information. It’s a follow up to Making Data Meaningul part 1 , which focused on writing about data, as opposed to visualize it. The book is a [...]
Healthcare Napkins All View more documents from Dan Roam. Slideshare 2009 contest is up again, and there’s about 1 week to vote. For the contest, I’m endorsing Dan Roam and counting on everyone to vote for him and support his presentation. Previous winners of the contest include Shift happens or Thirst who got a lot [...]
Presentation Zen, by Garr Reynolds, has been my favorite business book in 2008. Whatever your field, if you are a professional, chances are that you are going to make a presentation at least once a year. If you are looking for guidance, you could do worse than checking Garr’s website, aptly named presentation zen, or [...]