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“The pump don’t work ’cause the vandals took the handles”
One of my all-time favorite Bob Dylan quotes applies to this story because I’m talking about pumps and why they are not working or, better said, why their design isn’t. So, look at these 2 lotion bottles. The one on the left is advertised as having a “smart pump” and...
Donuts and Funnel Charts…to Display Data?
Don’t get me wrong, I love donuts, the sugary kind. But when a donut shape is used to display information, I’m not a big fan as it’s often just too darn hard to read. Take the new social network visual below by Zoom Charts. When you click on the face, a donut graph...
Do your visuals pass the pre-attentive test?
“Effective information visualization is built on an understanding of how we see and think.” – Stephen Few Now You See It: Simple Visualization Techniques for Quantitative AnalysisMy last blog mentioned creating graphs that facilitate our ability to grasp information...
