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Maria Popova’s 21 Heroes of Data Visualization

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For decades, visualization has taken a prominent but still somewhat quiet back-seat to written and spoken communication, at least in terms of how we perceive it: as an approach that requires more effort than is worth the return or clarity; as something to be done with simple data, for snapshots of business growth or mathematical…

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Data Visualization: Effective Illustrating or Redundant Rendering?

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Despite the clear benefits of visualizing information, the concept has often been treated as a last-ditch approach, a less intellectual way of arranging data, or the information equivalent of putting lipstick on a pig. That doesn’t mean we don’t want to do it, though — meme-style trends like infographics and interactive maps have caused visualization to run…

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Should You Encourage the Doodlers On Your Team?

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I was browsing through The Metro – a UK commuter paper – a few weeks ago and came across this article by Ross McGuinness discussing whether or not doodling helps to focus the mind and make us more productive. I remember being told off by my teachers for doodling in class and constantly try to…

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The Optical Blueprint: Why Visual Project Management Makes Sense

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The human penchant for visualizing information has never been anything short of obvious. From cave drawings to an obsession with cartography to the number of hours per day we spend staring into computer/cellphone/tablet screens–pictorial association has always been our thing. In fact, several supporting statistics of this behavior indicate that, in order for information to be…

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Music Visualization: Notation for Effective Business Design

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Elvis Costello once said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture. The remark was meant to be dismissive, but the analogy itself is rather intriguing—especially when extended to music visualizations, which use isolated sonic elements and compiled metadata as a sort of conceptual framework to uncover unique insights about songs and bands. Visualizing…

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Demographics 101: Visualizations from the US Census Bureau

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Several weeks ago, I received a questionnaire in the mail from the US Census Bureau that requested my personal and household information as part of something called the American Community Survey. I was unfamiliar with the project, but a bit of research revealed that the ACS is an effort by the Census Bureau to collect…

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How to Create Pinterest Images that People Will Share

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It’s has been quite the year for the visual social media site, Pinterest. Whether you’re a lifestyle company, a shopping site, or an individual trying to develop your own personal brand, we all know that Pinterest is a great vehicle to help you achieve your goals. But simply having a presence on the site and…

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