Monthly Archives: October 2025

Sidekicks, visualization storytelling and swaying opinion

Posted on October 16, 2025 by richardbrath

Sidekicks can helpfully explain things and be annoying. Can sidekicks be used to help narrative visualizations, for example, helping provide multiple perspectives and enhance engagement? Maybe. Or maybe force linear readings and mislead through content and style. LLMs can help, maybe. Awareness of these potential pitfalls is necessary for critical analysis of data narratives. Continue reading →

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Fitting text into tables: it’s time for AI-gen Tacos

Posted on October 4, 2025 by richardbrath

Trouble fitting text into tables? LLM Taco visualizations can help. Text-Tacos are Textual TAble CartOgrams that bend table gridlines so that cells can show more text. These table cartograms can be generated with AI, although there are challenges describing the layout algorithm to the LLM. Text-Tacos can benefit qualitative data visualization, such as the analysis of customer reviews from surveys. Continue reading →

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