October 29, 2012
Who will win the 2012 presidential election? I was a bit confused by all the different polls being reported – some saying Romney was gaining momentum, […]
October 18, 2012
I spend a lot of time these days studying infographics. Part of the research for my new book “Storytelling with Graphs”. But I keep running across […]
October 4, 2012
The votes are in and 67% agree Mitt Romney won the first presidential debate. Should president Obama be worried? Absolutely not. Since 1960, the candidates have […]
September 26, 2012
I notice a disturbing trend in infographics. Instead of bringing the story to the surface, infographics instead crush the story under a thick gloss of glitzy […]
July 30, 2012
Data doesn’t have to fit boring old bar charts, pie charts and line charts. If you’re creative enough, you can visualize data a lot of ways. […]
February 20, 2012
Will President Barack Obama get re-elected? History shows Americans prefer to re-elect presidents instead of electing new ones, with 7 of the last 10 presidents winning […]
February 16, 2012
On the Microsoft Office LinkedIn group, someone asked this question: “Which chart is better to show percentage to goal results?” It’s common in business presentations to […]
February 15, 2012
This is a great graph makeover by presentation designer Andy Arrow. The ideas expressed in this video are the foundational stuff of great graphs. Some […]
February 6, 2012
Cole Nussbaumer, at the Storytelling with Data blog, has introduced a useful term for data visualization in business: the Grable. It’s a combination of a table and […]