Now you see it
by Stephen Few · first published 2009
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Now You See It: An Introduction to Visual Data Sensemaking, Second Edition. Stephen Few, $49.00 MSRP, April 2021 http://www.stephen-few.com/nysi.php
on “Ask HN: What is the best book on data visualization in 2021?” ↗Data visualization. I had many years of experience with data analytics, but only when I read "Now you see it" by Stephen Few I started understanding how data visualization is linked to the way the human eye and brain work.
on “Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first encountered them?” ↗…Switch * Ubiquiti Dream Machine SE * Nighthawk Router CM1200 * Linksys Wifi E5400 * Tripplite 6U Rack * iPad Mini Gen 6 64Gb Additionally I have books! * National Geographic: The Photographs * Now you see it, Stephen Few * Envisioning Information, Edward Tufte * Wall and Piece, Banksy * The Innovators, Walter Isaacson * Hackers and Painters, Paul Graham * Maps of the Mind, Charles Turner * The Cuckoo's…
on “Tell HN: Free Hardware for People Circa Austin” ↗Fortunately, his follow up book: "Now you see it" has been out since 2009.
on “O’Reilly Media Has Lost Its Soul” ↗…dashboard design. Show me the Numbers - goes much more in depth about the details of the different chart types and visualization best practices. There's a chapter or two on each of the main chart types. Now You See It - This is described as a companion book to Show me the Numbers and focuses on data analysis as opposed to pure visualization.
on “Information Dashboard Design, 2nd Edition” ↗