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That's a really interesting way to display that trend. I'd love to hear about the thought process that led to using that semi-circle visual. Any WSJ designers/d
by bhaumik 12y ago
That's a really interesting way to display that trend. I'd love to hear about the thought process that led to using that semi-circle visual. Any WSJ designers/devs lurking HN? Also, has anyone seen something like this used with other data sets?
When we built our own infographic to highlight "The Rise of Coding Bootcamps" there was much debate on the best way to visualize this information. While I'm happy with the result[1], there's definitely much room for improvement.
[1]http://www.thinkful.com/bootcamps/infographic http://www.thinkful.com/bootcamps/infographic
- didgeoridoo 12y agoAs a frequent critic of arbitrary & misleading data visualizations... I love it. It's a nice, compact way of showing off the data: - it shows a 40x+ range without transformations that might muddle the story - it captures the long, flat tail (partly an artifact of the artificial $1B floor), which compacts nicely - the "focus" of the data is on the top quartile, which is permitted to dominate the visual