Good for Nothing


For our 1 year anniversary lets look at how we can make something out of nothing?

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This entry was posted on April 1, 2014.

Pie in the Sky: The Dream of Big Data


When navigating Big Data’s oleaginous seas, we rely on visualization to reveal its shimmering rainbows of insight. But how do we effectively convey all those details?

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This entry was posted on January 16, 2014.

Close the Bars Down


What are some simple steps that we can take to make our bar charts more engaging?

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This entry was posted on May 3, 2013.

Catcher in the Pie (Storytelling in Visualization)


Back in Jan 2011 CBS produced this classy pie chart, in the wake of the President’s State of the Union speech that year, which boils things down to the essentials. But what could CBS have done to make this chart even better?

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This entry was posted in on April 1, 2013.

Better than Minard


Charles Joseph Minard’s pioneering and bounteous use of pie charts has always been inspirational. It is no small wonder then that his work is so often cited in the visualization community. Can we do better than him?

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This entry was posted on April 1, 2013.

Multi-pie Your Chart’s Value


What better way to start our journey into pie than with the incredibly witty and original idea of making a pie chart with pies.

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This entry was posted on April 1, 2013.

Taking Visualization to the Pie-est Level


Visualization is the visual communication of information, and there is one form that communicates more precisely, effectively, efficiently, engagingly, and creatively than all others. This site is devoted to the most versatile, robust and wonderful of all information visualization mechanisms: the pie chart.

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This entry was posted on April 1, 2013.