Data visualisation: in defence of bad graphics. Well, not really - but there is a backlash gathering steam against web data visualisations. Is it deserved?
Are most online data visualisations, well, just not very good? It's an issue we grapple with a lot - and some of you may have noticed a recent backlash against many of the most common data visualisations online. Poor Wordle - it gets the brunt of it. It was designed as an academic exercise that has turned into a common way of showing word frequencies (and yes, we are guilty of using it) - an online sensation. There's nothing like ubiquitousness to turn people against you. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/oct/17/data-visualisation-visualization _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
