Bar Humbug!
Can I tell you how tired I am of hearing people tell me that “bars are boring”? VERY TIRED. Bar humbug!! A true pillar of data visualization, bars are used…
The Hammock Chronicle (2017 Edition)
Greetings from Bustins Island, Maine, where every summer I mix a batch of watermelon mojitos, climb into the hammock, and reflect on the year to date, the work ahead, and…
Raising the Bar on Stacked Bar Charts
Unfortunately, and more often than is good for my mental health, I encounter data being ineffectively displayed in stacked bar charts. Which phenomenon leads to my "Question of the Day":…
And Around We Go… Again
As I mature (and boy, is aging a high price to pay for maturity), I find I have very little need or even desire to win an (never mind every)…
Really Big Goals
Like a lot of people I am a big goal-setter. I especially love BHAG's [pronounced "Be- hags"?]: Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals. You know: the ones based on no logic or…
Postcard from New Zealand
It has been almost a month since my return to the States, following a truly gratifying professional engagement with the Canterbury Health District and Health Informatics New Zealand (HINZ). If…
My Bin or Yours?
I am writing this newsletter from my coach seat (28F, window) on United flight UA1292 from Boston to San Francisco. Funny how inspiration for a newsletter about healthcare data visualization…
The 2015 Hammock Chronicles
Greetings from Bustins Island, Maine — where accomplishing as little as humanly possible is the only measure of a successful day. To that end, I am a total overachiever at…
Is That a Zero In Your Data (or are you just glad to see me)?
I am highly suspicious of line graphs displaying the number zero (0). I am in fact so suspicious of them that when I see one, I hear myself inquiring (in…
Let This Chart Fall Off Your Radar
Don't you just hate things that look really cool but simply don't work? You know: the fancy all-in-one kitchen gizmo that cuts nothing but your fingers, or the software that's…
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