I signed up at meetup.com to check on upcoming IT conferences. Initially, I was interested in topics such as DevOps, AWS and Cloud Operations. I scanned thru the topics and well...who am I kidding? I won't be able to catch up with the folks there. I am way behind in Operations Technology! Ha!
I did mention before that I started a "journey" (ugh) in Python which led to Studying Data Science. So...I searched for topics related to both and found a couple...ok..Just 1. DataSeer hosted an event last January 19, 2017 entitled "The Art of Data Story Telling" and this is where we declared war with Pie Graphs! Argh!
During the first few minutes of the talk, I got my big take away...it says, "Your data presentation should communicate the Big Take Away clearly" Ha!
Edward Tufte's concepts were also discussed. It mainly revolved on a minimalist approach in data presentation. Always mind the Data Ink Ratio. Avoid bad visualization, resist 3D! Additional ink only distracts. Above all else, show the data.
The minimalist approach really made sense...Until I came across the work of Nigel Holmes. "Nigel Holmes,
whose work regularly incorporates strong visual imagery
into the fabric of the chart" (I got this some where and I guess it would be safe to quote it...lol)... OK...I'm sleepy now, you can read more of Nigel Holmes here.
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