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Bar graphs vs. Pie charts _Seth's Blog (45)
on Seth's Blog (1301) permalinkCompare! The bar graph is read left to right and seems to imply something about the declining relevance of Billygoats (even though close inspection shows that we expect high growth in billygoats next year). There's data here, but no information. The pie chart contains far less data, but the point is obvious: Trolls are where we should focus our energy. That's why you use it. It makes an obvious point and leaves no real room ...Shared by Adam (46) Alan (87) Alex Frantz (14) Andrew Boardman (158) Andy Yates (27) ani625 (557) Anton (6) Ari Herzog (51) Ashwin (17) bodzasfanta (233) Brian Junyor (166) brice (62) Cale (11) Chandoo (87) Charlie (11) charlie anzman (377) Chung (337) colleen wainwright (51) DOCBook Howto (403) DrBaher (70) Eduo (108) gigijin (30) haraldf (68) haveuheard (88) Jack (13) Javed (443) jb (78) jfiorato (35) Joining Dots (38) Jorg (36) Juras Vetrau (83) Leo K (67) marilink (61) MERc (36) Michael (151) Mike F (2195) Paul Helmick (192) Pramod (406) Razzu (65) rexy (133) Stephan (14) Thomas Reimer S (187) Viki (52) Vivek (4) Yuvi (261)Explore read four notes
- Adam said: This guy is so wrong about this that it makes me want to pull my hair out. There is no reason why the bar graph couldn't be as simple as the (always horrible) pie chart.
- Eduo said: Cuan cierto. Cómo cuesta explicarle a la gente que una gráfica en una presentación es equivalente a una generalización. Si no transmite un mensaje o si hay que meterse en los valores específicos es que no corresponde ahí. Alternativamente, una gráfica en un ensayo o reportaje deben proveer información y suponen que quienes las ven se van a detener a obtener información.
- Andy Yates said: interesting to compare this with the advice for dashboard design ... perhaps there's a talk in there?
- Anton said: Reminder to myself: "Every chart should visualize one particular point". As a result chart will be simple and comprehensible
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The three laws of great graphs (67)
on Seth's Blog (1301) permalinkIf you use graphs in your Powerpoint presentations, I hope you'll follow these three simple principles. 1. One Story2. No Bar Charts3. Motion ONE STORY The only reason (did I mention only) to use a chart in a presentation is to make a point. If you want to prove some deep insight or give people textured data to draw their own conclusions, DON'T put it in a presentation. Put it in a handout. Give them ...Shared by adamgn (35) adang001 (33) adstew (45) Alex Cristache (101) anarchist.tv // wortgefecht.net (63) ani625 (557) Anne-Marie McReynolds (11) Anton (6) atul (513) Benjamin R (10) Bill (40) Bill (17) brice (62) Cale (11) Chandoo (87) Charlie (11) craig (43) Dev (167) DiMar (44) Dimitris (6) Dr. Ernie (124) DrBaher (70) Eran Kampf (11) Eric (34) Esoos Bobnar (87) Essam (23) Fred Schechter (387) g9yuayon (43) Gautam (119) gigijin (30) grant (103) grow (56) haraldf (68) haveuheard (88) James Socol (10) Jason (28) Jeff (24) jfiorato (35) Jonathan C. Dietrich (17) Jorg (36) julian_marain (7) Just Mohit (127) Keith B (626) LaptopHeaven (70) Leonel (37) Magnus (159) Mark (12) MERc (36) Michael (300) Michael (151) Michael (62) Michael Hyatt (61) Mike F (2195) Nicole (167) Olya (81) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (175) Paul Helmick (192) PrashantP (18) RoyBlumenthal (39) Ryan (26) Sérgio Rebelo (24) Simone (44) Sue B (197) Tobey (162) Victor (30) Viki (52) Yuvi (261)
- MERc said: K-I-S-S
- Jonathan C. Dietrich said: Once again back to the main premise of acting, and presenting... Tell the Story!
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Fish Rot From the Head—Especially When Wrapped in Newsprint (3)
on Recovering Journalist (39) permalinkIn the great "Broadcast News," there's a scene in which the fictional TV network's anchor, played by Jack Nicholson, is discussing the company's latest layoffs with a network exec. "This is a brutal layoff," Nicholson murmurs. And the executive replies, "You can make it less brutal by knocking a million or so off your salary. ... Bad joke. I'm sorry."If that network executive didn't have the balls to suggest that a bulging salary be cut ...Contribute comment
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I don’t feel sorry for Yahoo (33)
on Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger (757) permalinkI keep trying to ignore this year’s biggest technology industry news story. I’d rather try out the latest Twitter client (TweetDeck is the one on my screen right now and it’s pretty cool). But through that client came a torrent of news this morning and, indeed, the story is all over the top of TechMeme. Steve Ballmer still wants to buy Yahoo, but only if Yahoo’s current board gets fired first. I don’t care and ...Shared by AdiR1 (29) Atilano (135) B O (18) Brad Davis Seal (165) Brian (481) charlesnadeau (392) Charlie (11) Chris. F. Masse (274) Chung (337) dobata (1581) Drew Olanoff (568) Emon (100) Hasan (256) Jake (219) Jeff (227) junal (32) louisgray (702) Marcus Beagley (219) Mike (145) Mike F (2195) Peter (136) Rakki MK (68) Rex (839) rexy (133) Roberto (67) saidi (8) somenice (138) Tim (215) Tim Probst (73) TJ (22) TomBolini (144) xhantt (5) Yuvi (261)Contribute comment
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McCain Hates Bloggers - He Says So (5)
on B.L. Ochman's weblog: Internet marketing strategy, social media trends, news and commentary. (43) permalinkJohn McCain: "Now we’ve got the cables. We’ve got talk radio. We’ve got the bloggers. I hate the bloggers. We’ve got all kinds of sources of information." Hey, I'm not crazy about him either. He said this in December, but it bears repeating since he's also said that he doesn't use a computer. That puts him out of touch with much of the world, and certainly with the young people who are going to be ...Contribute comment
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A Smart Outsider Looks at Newspapers (3)
on Recovering Journalist (39) permalinkThere's a terrific angry blog about the music industry by a guy named Bob Lefsetz, a former industry executive who delights in pointing out how record companies, led by ossified management, have been totally eclipsed by the Internet and changing technology to the point where they're in danger of going out of business.Sound familiar?Anybody who's interested in the music business, or in changing industries, should read Lefsetz regularly. If nothing else, he's great fun–every blog ...Contribute comment
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Personalized Emails Are Creepy, Not Effective (5)
on WSJ.com: Business Technology (49) permalinkThe first rule of online marketing is that the more personal you can make a pitch the better. Turns out the opposite may be true: A recently published study found that the more personalized a message, the less likely a recipient is to respond. Emails with too much personal information are kind of creepy Researchers from the University of Illinois and Northern Illinois University studied the way people responded to emails from a fictional film-review ...Contribute comment
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Computational Journalism (5)
on Recovering Journalist (39) permalinkWhen you have the daily news meeting in your newsroom, are there programmers or tech people sitting at the table?Really? Why not?It's a given that representatives from the photo and graphics department are there, to talk about ways to tell stories visually. And I sure hope your Web producers are regular attendants at news meetings, to talk about how coverage should be coordinated online–and what people are reading on the Web site.But few if any ...Contribute comment
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The Mother of All Web Strategies (5)
on Recovering Journalist (39) permalinkNot all newspaper companies are utterly bereft of new ideas and innovation. It just seems that way. But Gannett–yes, Gannett–continues to lead the way in thinking outside the newsprint box. And one way it's doing so is by going after a big, obvious demographic slice: local moms.With little fanfare, Gannett has launched 60 sites in its various markets aimed at mothers and their interests, needs and passions. Two of the biggest and best are IndyMoms ...
- Charlie said: Smart stuff. Focus on the primary spenders in the household and provide them content (or a forum) to share with others. Almost as powerful as local and high school sports.
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Most Corporate Blogs Are Unimaginative Failures (22)
on WSJ.com: Business Technology (49) permalinkMany businesses have launched corporate blogs in an effort to better communicate with customers and capture a little Web-2.0 mojo. But Huffington Post they ain’t: Not only are these corporate blogs boring as paint, but the businesses behind admit they don’t have much value. A new study by Forrester Research reviewed 90 blogs run by business-to-business companies in the Fortune 500, and surveyed about twice that many B2B marketers. Like most businesses, these companies want ...Shared by ~ Cindy Stanford ~ hci (73) Bert DuMars (47) Bhavesh (123) Charlie (11) Dan (124) danblank (27) Herve Kabla (3) IRWebReport.com (9) Iván (34) Jake (99) Kasey Sistrunk Anderson (28) Lara (138) Manuel Viloria (32) markus1970 (77) Matt Dickman (72) Matt McGee (102) Mike F (2195) nico (3) shwibbs (77) Steve (16) Tom Wentworth (10)Contribute comment
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http://www.louisgray.com/live/2008/06/on-web-if-youre-not-growing-youre-dying.html (48)
on louisgray.com (923) permalinkOften, perception of a site or service's momentum can be self-fulfilling.Even over the last two years of my writing on this blog, the companies I cover have changed, as what used to be relevant has become less so, and new hotshots have come to take their place. But while some niche services are on their way to becoming household names, others that could have done so are fading, when compared to their peaks of 1, ...Shared by AJ (1214) Alexandre Solleiro (1) ali1k (3) Andreas (13) Aspi (23) atul (513) Azeem (97) Benjamin Golub (129) charleshudson (35) Charlie (11) charlie anzman (377) Claude (57) Craig (18) Damon (868) danblank (27) DrBaher (70) DXL (31) Edwin Khodabakchian (6) Edwin Khodabakchian (32) Eric (110) gastaoss (281) hubmacfan (62) Inetgate Writer (3) Joseph Miller (0) Julian (161) Keith (22) kenmat (69) louisgray (702) mario r (49) Mark (524) Michael D (11) Mike F (2195) Mike Reynolds (127) Mitchell Tsai (216) Nick Cowie (24) Pete (179) Rick Turoczy (127) Rob (378) Russellreno (123) rveguilla (56) sarahintampa (390) Tina K.J (97) Tom (29) Unseen (54) Wayne Sutton (124) Yuvi (261) Zahra HB (485) zuzur (84)Contribute comment
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What’s So Bad About Information Overload? (3)
on HBR Editors' Blog (6) permalinkI had a conversation with Xerox CEO Anne Mulcahy recently about this much-maligned phenomenon. It???s a topic of particular interest at Xerox, which feels partly responsible for the problem. After all, the company created one of the earliest sources of information overload: the photocopy machine, which permitted limitless reproduction of printed information and resulted in towering piles of interoffice memoranda in people's (physical, in that bygone era, rather than digital) in-boxes . Possibly to help ...Contribute comment
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Recovering Journalist: NewspapeRx, Revisited (12)
on Recovering Journalist (39) permalinkI think we can all agree that the newspaper industry is in dire straits. My previous post on the most recent round of layoffs and who's to blame for the industry's problems is already just about the most popular post ever on this blog. I guess I struck a nerve. But it's easy to complain and point fingers. What are some possible solutions to the problems–if they're solvable at all? How can we fix what's ...Shared by Andrew Louis (50) Charlie (11) Chris (86) David (157) Erica (43) gort581 (149) Gregg Hartling (17) John (69) Joyce (285) sarahintampa (390) Skrud (27) Tim (171)
- Skrud said: This pretty much hits the nail on the head. Newspapers suck, and they'll keep sucking until they realize that their value lies in local news and very little else.
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Seth's Blog: How to organize the room (92)
on Seth's Blog (1301) permalinkOne more post about conferences. (Except it's really about any meeting). Easily overlooked, but incredibly important: the way you arrange the room where people speak. The venue owner (hotel/convention center) wants something easy. Your boss wants something cheap. You want something tried and true so you don't get blamed. The end result? Mediocrity. Boring sameness. What a wasted opportunity. In the scheme of things, a great room at a conference is a bargain. Spending what ...Shared by ab_aditya (58) aches (26) Ade (126) Adriana (56) ahg3 (12) Allison (6) Andreas (10) Andres (15) angol (117) ani625 (557) atul (513) Ben Parr (193) Berkay (6) Brad Davis Seal (165) Cathryn Hrudicka (311) Charlie (11) chelpixie (53) Chris (36) chrisbrogan.com (152) Christopher (6) ckstevenson (80) colleen wainwright (51) Dave (63) Dave (32) Davis S (110) derrickkwa (33) dH (184) Donnie Berkholz (93) Doug McIsaac (81) Dr. Ernie (124) Drew Olanoff (568) e.p.c. (101) Elliott P. (104) ephealy (17) Fred Schechter (387) Herbal Lemon (24) holiday (2) Jaap Stronks (8) James and Tom (47) jamesvandyke (7) John (113) Jonas (22) Jonathan Fields (47) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (613) Joseph Rodgers (94) Josh Lawton (8) julian_marain (7) Julius (38) Leonel (37) Link of the Day (11) Luciano Passuello (105) Macky (37) MAlbano (55) mark (58) mattymattmatt (13) Melissa Chang (6) Michael (62) Michael Covington (3) Mike (12) Mike F (2195) Muthu Ramadoss (52) Neagrigore (128) nicknich3 (46) noel (33) nok (12) Paul Helmick (192) Peppermint (53) pflix (28) Pramod (406) Ranvir (10) RLivsey (52) Rob (34) Rob (22) Robert Conn (15) Satyajeet (29) Scott (1) Simone (44) smackaysmith (10) Sofia (20) st even (19) Stephanie Booth (97) Stuart (17) SubEWL (32) SuzyiMac (39) The (53) TheAnand.com (45) Thomas Reimer S (187) Tim (3) Todd (41) Xdroot (197) Yuvi (261)Contribute comment
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High humor: Thewebsiteisdown.com (2)
on Churbuck.com (15) permalinkCheck it out. Thanks to Tim S. for the pointer.Shared by Charlie (11) Erik J. Heels (300)Contribute comment
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Links for 2008-06-25 [del.icio.us] (1)
on Churbuck.com (15) permalinkIBM Social Computing Guidelines IBM's guidelines for social media/network participation Sun Microsystems Communities: Sun Guidelines on Public Discourse Sun's guidelines for social networkingShared by Charlie (11)Contribute comment
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Smart Workers Will Figure This Out: Social Media = Career Advancement « I’m Not Actually a Geek (23)
on I'm Not Actually a Geek (184) permalinkDo you think you’ve got more to contribute to your organization than you’ve had a chance to show? I’ll bet you do too. There have been a fair number of posts about the adoption rate of web 2.0 inside companies. In my previous work doing enterprise 2.0 product marketing for BEA Systems, I can confirm a growing interest out in the corporate world. But interest from the higher-ups is one thing. What makes the employees ...Shared by Alan (101) Alex (242) atul (513) bhc3 (84) cgranier (14) Charlie (11) charlie anzman (377) dobata (1581) Frederic (199) Harvey (108) J. Phil (668) Julian (161) Katrina (12) Kevin LeCureux (7) louisgray (702) Mike F (2195) Nancy Sagar (2) Nick Cowie (24) RoasterBoy (27) Rob (378) sarahintampa (390) Shey (156) Xdroot (197)
- Nancy Sagar said: Good piece about how corporate employees can use social media to build their brand in the organization.
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Smart People, Stupid Tweets. Fake News Spreads Fast on Twitter. (65)
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