Respect the reader's time
A graphic illustrating how Americans spend their time is a perfect foil
junkcharts
Getting the basics right is half the battle
I was traveling quite a lot recently, and last week, read the
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