The line-angle illusion
We fail to judge the distance between two lines on a chart.
Area chart
Aligning the visual and the message
Student of Ray Vella's NYU class produces a delightful project
Two challenging charts showing group distributions
Two complex charts that show subgroup distributions of data
Check out the Lifespan of News project
Kaiser Fung (Junkcharts, Principal Analytics Prep) reviews the Lifespan of News project that tracks the rise and fall of news stories over time and space, using Google search data.
Finding meaning in Big Blue California
Via Twitter, Pat complained that this Bloomberg graphic is confusing:
The accompanying
Respect the reader's time
A graphic illustrating how Americans spend their time is a perfect foil