(This article was originally published at Junk Charts, and syndicated at StatsBlogs.)
Junk Charts is made by Kaiser Fung, the Web’s first data visualization critic. I discuss what makes graphics work, and how to make them better. Think chartjunk + junk art.
Here is my first post from nine years ago. These are the posts with the most (clicks): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. There are some things I say over and over again: the Trifecta Checkup, the self-sufficiency test, bumps charts, small multiples, the power of aggregation. I carefully tag all posts with topics so clicking on map shows all posts about maps. A list of topics is on the right column. Here is a call for more dataviz criticism.
Here is my other blog, about statistics and Big Data. Here is my twitter feed, aggregating both blogs. If you prefer RSS, there's one feed for Junk Charts, and one for Big Data Plainly Spoken.
I also write popular books about statistics applied to daily life. Here is Numbers Rule Your World, and Numbersense. Tom Peters tweeted: On my 13-hour Boston-Dubai flight, I re-read cover-2-cover Kaiser Fung's superb-useful-fun book Number Sense. Trust him, or trust me.
I am a business statistician and speaker/trainer for hire. This is about a few hours in my life. I built the data teams at Vimeo (still part of the family) and Sirius XM Radio. Click here to write me. Some citations in the media. Talks. A free course.
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Aug 2014: A number of dataviz experts are hoping to convene at SXSW. We need your vote! There are several thousands proposals vying for the limited spots. Here is our pitch on Slideshare.
Vote now!
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