A list of people who will enjoy chartsnthings, “A blog of data sketches from the New York Times Graphics Department. Maintained by @KevinQ.”
- People who say “data visualization” instead of “chart”
- People who can find fault in any chart that they didn’t make
- People who get lost in the minutia of charting psychology
- Me
- Maybe you
Very cool, but why not put them in order too ?
Easy to find the highest data point, but not the lowest…..
Sometimes, showing them in their “natural” context makes more sense than ranking them.
Shapes on a Map
http://www.tushar-mehta.com/publish_train/xl_vba_cases/13-03%20Shapes%20on%20a%20Map.shtml