I'm not sure about a quick tutorial or "for dummies" sort of thing, but Edward Tufte[1] is quite the expert on this sort of thing. [1] http://www.edwardtufte.c

I'm not sure about a quick tutorial or "for dummies" sort of thing, but Edward Tufte[1] is quite the expert on this sort of thing. [1] http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/ http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/