Comments on: iLoveCharts http://www.madcollective.com/2010/ilovecharts/ Where creatives, guides and geeks collide Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:17:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lainie Turner http://www.madcollective.com/2010/ilovecharts/#comment-324 Lainie Turner Sun, 23 May 2010 18:28:47 +0000 http://www.madcollective.com/?p=927#comment-324 @Matt: Precisely. This is exactly the mission of Edward Tufte: make sure if you are using charts (or any other type of illustration to convey info) it tells the truth in a way that is clear and exact. @Andrew: Thanks ... a LOT. Now my weekend is trashed. :) @Loyan: Graphjam is great for giggles. So many creative people. I couldn't help but run across it, being a fan of the cheezburger kittehs! @Matt: Precisely. This is exactly the mission of Edward Tufte: make sure if you are using charts (or any other type of illustration to convey info) it tells the truth in a way that is clear and exact.

@Andrew: Thanks … a LOT. Now my weekend is trashed. :)

@Loyan: Graphjam is great for giggles. So many creative people. I couldn’t help but run across it, being a fan of the cheezburger kittehs!

]]> By: Loyan http://www.madcollective.com/2010/ilovecharts/#comment-312 Loyan Fri, 21 May 2010 04:23:59 +0000 http://www.madcollective.com/?p=927#comment-312 Lainie I had no idea. Have you ever seen http://graphjam.com? Who says data visualization is boring? One of these days I'm hoping they will accept one of my submissions! Lainie I had no idea. Have you ever seen http://graphjam.com? Who says data visualization is boring? One of these days I’m hoping they will accept one of my submissions!

]]> By: Andrew Von Dollen http://www.madcollective.com/2010/ilovecharts/#comment-310 Andrew Von Dollen Fri, 21 May 2010 04:04:17 +0000 http://www.madcollective.com/?p=927#comment-310 Very cool Lainie. I never knew you were a fellow Chart Geek. Your afternoons might wish I was still unaware... http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/ and http://flowingdata.com/ Very cool Lainie. I never knew you were a fellow Chart Geek. Your afternoons might wish I was still unaware… http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/ and http://flowingdata.com/

]]> By: Jeff Jimerson http://www.madcollective.com/2010/ilovecharts/#comment-299 Jeff Jimerson Wed, 19 May 2010 16:27:44 +0000 http://www.madcollective.com/?p=927#comment-299 Yeah, my favorite examples of "charts that lie" are line or bar charts that don't start with zero on the x-axis. I'm sure some people do it innocently, but when the lines in a graph appear steeper or more dramatic than the growth/decline actually is, well, that's just not being honest! Yeah, my favorite examples of “charts that lie” are line or bar charts that don’t start with zero on the x-axis. I’m sure some people do it innocently, but when the lines in a graph appear steeper or more dramatic than the growth/decline actually is, well, that’s just not being honest!

]]> By: Matt Riopelle http://www.madcollective.com/2010/ilovecharts/#comment-298 Matt Riopelle Wed, 19 May 2010 16:14:37 +0000 http://www.madcollective.com/?p=927#comment-298 Not a designer myself either, but I appreciate an idea visually well communicated. The downside is, I think people tend to be less skeptical of data presented visually, so it leaves it more open to being skewed. Not a designer myself either, but I appreciate an idea visually well communicated. The downside is, I think people tend to be less skeptical of data presented visually, so it leaves it more open to being skewed.

]]> By: Jeff Jimerson http://www.madcollective.com/2010/ilovecharts/#comment-292 Jeff Jimerson Wed, 19 May 2010 04:18:02 +0000 http://www.madcollective.com/?p=927#comment-292 Funny thing, I got an invite just last week from Tufte to attend one of his upcoming seminars. A group of us from Edge went prolly 7 or 8 years ago. Still have his books! Good stuff. Funny thing, I got an invite just last week from Tufte to attend one of his upcoming seminars. A group of us from Edge went prolly 7 or 8 years ago. Still have his books! Good stuff.

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