Monthly Archives: December 2023

xkcd design tip vs. SparkWords

Posted on December 20, 2023 by richardbrath

A few weeks ago Randall Munroe at xkcd.com published a tongue-in-cheek space-saving design tip for charts – turning data points into text. In this post, we’ll make it work. Here’s a snapshot of the xkcd post: It’s a good joke, … Continue reading →

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Richard’s visualization books of 2023

Posted on December 13, 2023 by richardbrath

Earlier in my career, new visualization books were infrequent – maybe one per year or so. Now there’s many more visualization books to consider each year. Some are good reference books, some are great reads while the weather outside is … Continue reading →

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