When to use the start-at-zero rule
Guide to a basic graphical rule
The Numbers Guy went on vacation
A shocking miss in the WSJ
Junk Charts Trifecta Checkup: The Definitive Guide
Kaiser Fung, from Junk Charts, explains the data visualization framework known as the Trifecta Checkup, used to conceptualize and critique data graphics and charts.
The index of an index is confusion
The puzzle of negative numbers
How effective visualization brings data alive
Bringing data alive
An overused chart, why it fails, and how to fix it
A chart with conceptual appeal but fails the data
Some chart types are not scalable
Peter Cock sent this Venn diagram to me via twitter. (Original from
Reality check on the long tail
Another over-sold story?
Setting the right priority
A classic Excel chart has some basic construction issues
Small multiples with simple axes
All the things they did well
Spin, spin, spin away
If the data is bad, no amount of graphical magic can save it
Making charts beautiful without adding unneeded bits
What is the message?