The Wall Street journal guide to information graphics
by Dona M. Wong · first published 2010
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…and go off on a (justified) rant every time he saw a 3D pie chart. I am a big advocate or arranging the pie slices in order (largest to smallest, or smallest to largest). I also really recommend The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics: The Dos and Don'ts of Presenting Data, Facts, and Figures https://www.amazon.com/Street-Journal-Guide-Information-Grap...
on “Stop Using Pie-Charts” ↗I found The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics by Dona Wong extremely useful for developing good grasp of data viz basics (especially in business setting)
on “Best Practices for Data Visualization” ↗…lot of people that do visualizations and dashboards. A lot of fancy stuff going on but most people just want simple tables with filters that apply to other views (mostly rollups) when navigating. The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics is an essential reading for anyone who regularly presents data.
on “In Defense of Simple Architectures (2022)” ↗I do a lot of charting for financial services software. The best practical book that I've found is The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics: The Dos and Don'ts of Presenting Data, Facts, and Figures. Simple but practical guidelines for displaying pie/line/area graphs. But for your situation, check out some of these sites which focus on more…
on “Ask HN: Any good books on graphing/charting/visualization?” ↗If you enjoyed this post, then I'd really recommend "The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics: The Dos and Don'ts of Presenting Data, Facts, and Figures" by Donna Wong. http://www.donawong.com/
on “Mapping Coronavirus, Responsibly” ↗…it is design, 1% it is art. The goal is always to convey information in a digestible way without being misleading. An example of it being art is that video that illustrates death counts in WWII. The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics should be a required for reading for anyone working with numbers. tldr: only use color when necessary, avoid bold typefaces, keep scales consistent across charts unless there is a specific need to do…
on “Visualizing data is an art” ↗