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Not Just Another Pretty Picture
November 11, 2009 | 7 commentsTags: about the patron, Beautiful Data, Data-driven decision making, Excel, FlowingData, GapMinder, Google Motion Charts, information dashboards, Infosthetics, library assessment, library data, library metrics, ManyEyes, spreadsheets, Swivel, Tufte, Tukey, Visual Complexity, visualizationsNot just another pretty picture Introduction I’m a slave to spreadsheets. Trying to decide between a stacked column bar chart and a 3-D area chart is par for the course in my work. Microsoft Excel© is great for many practical needs, but it doesn’t always support the need to create simple, compelling and interactive graphical […]
