It’s not you, it’s PowerPoint PowerPoint is so despised that “death by PowerPoint” has become a common expression. It might be more literal than you think given its role… Read the complete story
Diving with a view Part II of my observations from the World Bank Data Dive on poverty and corruption. It might start with the data, but for me… Read the complete story
It starts with the data What good can data do? The World Bank and DataKind set out to further explore this question during the Data Dive held March 16… Read the complete story
Oh my, here I go defending pie charts Jorge Cameos blogs about pie charts over at ExcelCharts.com. He doesn’t like them. Indeed, pie charts do not get much love in the data… Read the complete story
Is this one of the most underrated graphs of all time? If you have children, you have probably seen this graph. But have you noticed how good it is? The doctor was showing me my… Read the complete story
Interview: Alberto Cairo on MOOCs, the future of education and infographics Alberto Cairo It’s been a busy year for Alberto Cairo. In January, he started teaching information graphics and visualization at the School of Communication… Read the complete story
Mass Shootings in the U.S. 1982-2012 Click for full size. Source with background. Source file…. Read the complete story
The 12 Deadliest Mass Shootings in the U.S. Click for full size. Source and background. Source file…. Read the complete story
Dataviz MOOC Review: Brace yourself, enjoy the ride That’s it, the MOOC on infographics and data visualization by Alberto Cairo is done, over, finished, completed. Phew. It was more work than I… Read the complete story
MOOC Weeks 5-6: UK Aid to India For our last assignment of the MOOC, Alberto Cairo decided to give us enough rope to hang ourselves: “do whatever you want”. I proceeded… Read the complete story
