What makes a great infographic? Edward Tufte, in his book Beautiful Evidence (2006), proposes the six basic principles of “analytical design” (he means infographics). Are these the principles that everyone should follow when designing information graphics?
Well, Tufte’s own principles do not always seem to …
Pedro Domingos likes big ideas. He sets out to describe to us how computers can write their own programs. For example, there is the well-established case of handwriting recognition. This is a form of machine learning in which the computer is provided with sufficient examples …
Do you understand this graphic? It is an example of a sparkline, by Edward Tufte. Tufte was, if not the originator of sparklines, one of its earliest advocates. He wrote about them in his book Beautiful Evidence (2006); he defines sparklines as “small, intense, wordlike graphics, …
The books I’m thinking about might not be quite as old as the ones in the photo, but at least some of them will have I hope the patina of age. One of the slightly poignant aspects of working in computing is that the skills …
“We really did have customers in those early days— true visionary early adopters— and we often talked to them and asked for their feedback. But we emphatically did not do what they said.” This startling admission appears in the first page of The Lean …
Whatever they teach you on a computing degree, it doesn’t seem to be sufficient to create an effective web site. One of the paradoxes of the modern world is that we are surrounded by IT, and yet those who have studied IT formally seem often …
Well, there are plenty of books out there that imply you can. I selected two of the more widely available titles and compared them:
Millington, R., 2012. Buzzing communities: how to build bigger, better, and more active online communities. FeverBee.
Ng, D., 2011. Online community …
Professional books are usually made up of either or both of two strands. Either they tell you where the world is heading (the futurologist approach), or they tell you how to manage with the world as it is (the cookbook approach). It’s much rarer when …
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