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Small Charts in Excel: Beyond Sparklines, Still Economical January 1, 2013 Excel Tips

I’m a fan of Stephen Few; pretty much, always have been, and, pretty much, always will be. When developing dashboards, reports, and analysis results, it’s not uncommon at all for ...... Continue »

Dashboard Development and Unleashing Creative Juices July 9, 2009 Presentation

Ryan Goodman of Centigon Solutions wrote up his take on a recent discussion on LinkedIn that centered on the tension between data visualization that is “flashy” versus data visualization that rigorously ...... Continue »

Recovery.gov Needs Some Few and Some Tufte April 27, 2009 Presentation

I caught an NPR story about recovery.gov last week, and it sounded really promising. Depending on where you fall on the political spectrum, the various rounds of stimulus and bailout ...... Continue »

PowerPoint the Application vs. the Application of PowerPoint April 8, 2009 General

Slightly off-topic for this blog, and a little dated, but worth sharing nonetheless. During a discussion with a couple of my co-workers today, I made an observation about how my current ...... Continue »

Stephen Few's Derivation of Tufte: The Data-Pixel Ratio June 19, 2008 Excel Tips

I’ve glanced through various folks’ copies of Stephen Few’s Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data on several occasions over the past few years. And, it was a ...... Continue »