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I love Tufte but most likely won't end up going through 179 pages just on how to present data the "right" way. He should develop some form of a Web curriculum o
by 01PH 15y ago
I love Tufte but most likely won't end up going through 179 pages just on how to present data the "right" way. He should develop some form of a Web curriculum or something more accessible for those only interested in the essentials. He did this already quite brilliantly with his Powerpoint essentials.
- jdunck 15y ago'just on how to present data the "right" way' If you're involved with data and humans, I can think of few things more professional than spending the time to understand how they come together. It's highly ironic that you're arguing for TL;DR and using the Powerpoint work as an example -- his argument was precisely that deeper thought and attention were warranted than was generally possible given the presentation formats commonly in use.
- 01PH 15y agoIt is probably depending on what importance one attributes to the role of data and humans in this context. What I would be most interested in his how he understands objectivity or what he is going to present as his way of presenting data - especially because I am coming from this "all data is subjective" standpoint. But this is of cause just a personal standpoint. I don't think that the length-is-quality argument should be here an issue - as he has demonstrated in the Powerpoint discussion that it is very well (within his philosophy) possible to make an argument within a 3X page booklet. Instead what I was asking for was a similar accessible or solution oriented approach as he did with the Powerpoint subject.
- capnrefsmmat 15y agoThis book isn't about presenting data; it's about analyzing data, i.e. basic statistics. His later books are on data presentation.