"Excellence in statistical graphics consists of complex ideas communicated with clarity, precision and efficiency"
Edward R. Tufte
I’ve been practicing ways to display data both interactively with widgets and open source apps utlizing the Google Docs spreadsheet.
Having not used spreadsheets in the past, it’s a painful process. I’m awful at this. I’m still trying.
Since I’ve started attempting to use these methods, I’ve learned that they’re both outdated
and inefficient. :/
I still find value in learning the principles behind these approaches because they may be valueable later.
In any case, my forays into design suck. I forget everything I read when I see a happy type face or shape I’d like to play with.
I’m working on methods to clean up this process. Learning on the fly, on your own, can have an ”unknown unknowns” element to it that can be frustrating at times but it also helps to make ideas more concrete.
(Source: edwardtufte.com)
