Comments on: Chart Design Litmus Test http://blog.instantcognition.com/visualization/2006/07/05/chart-design-litmus-test/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chart-design-litmus-test a discussion of visual report design & web analytics Sat, 04 Jun 2011 07:27:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Clint http://blog.instantcognition.com/visualization/2006/07/05/chart-design-litmus-test/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Clint Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:47:00 +0000 http://www.blog.instantcognition.com/?p=43#comment-34 Avinash, blogger does not support trackbacks so that's the most likely cause. Usually, if there's no 'permalink' link then I just grab the post url from the browser location bar, so it's also entirely possible that it's my fault (where do you want me to get the post URL from?) -Clint Avinash, blogger does not support trackbacks so that’s the most likely cause. Usually, if there’s no ‘permalink’ link then I just grab the post url from the browser location bar, so it’s also entirely possible that it’s my fault (where do you want me to get the post URL from?)

-Clint

]]> By: Avinash Kaushik http://blog.instantcognition.com/visualization/2006/07/05/chart-design-litmus-test/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Avinash Kaushik Fri, 07 Jul 2006 02:50:00 +0000 http://www.blog.instantcognition.com/?p=43#comment-33 Clint: I the test questions are excellent. I particularly like the second one, mostly because that is rarely the case. The difficulty that most analysts, us, have is that we know so much about the "weeds" that it is hard to just let go with one deep insight. We always struggle with wanting to show more detail and more data because either 1) we are so proud that we know all that sub nuance or 2) we think there is more than one super insight (think shades of grey). I think we should put our charts to your test and ensure that it passes the Clint high bar. :) -Avinash. PS: For some reason I don't get trackbacks / pingbacks from your post to my blog, that would be great becuase I would have loved to have this comment on my blog becuase you have added so much value to it. PPS: What can I say I am addicted to this blogging thing. My wife has reconciled with that fact. :) Clint: I the test questions are excellent. I particularly like the second one, mostly because that is rarely the case.

The difficulty that most analysts, us, have is that we know so much about the “weeds” that it is hard to just let go with one deep insight. We always struggle with wanting to show more detail and more data because either 1) we are so proud that we know all that sub nuance or 2) we think there is more than one super insight (think shades of grey).

I think we should put our charts to your test and ensure that it passes the Clint high bar. :)

-Avinash.
PS: For some reason I don’t get trackbacks / pingbacks from your post to my blog, that would be great becuase I would have loved to have this comment on my blog becuase you have added so much value to it.

PPS: What can I say I am addicted to this blogging thing. My wife has reconciled with that fact. :)

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