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Today’s Independent cover

Independent

I was compelled to buy the Independent newspaper today, only because the front page illustration was so clever.

A graphical representation of such facts can be very compelling and carry a strong message.

Speaking of graphical representations: A book recently added to my Amazon wish list is Edward Tufte’s Beautiful Evidence. I’m already so enthralled by the sparklines idea that I’m tempted to put them into any web application I’m working on regardless of functionality.

I won’t though, as this would be very non-Tuftian.

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3 Responses to “Today’s Independent cover”

  1. Daniel Lucraft Says:
    September 14th, 2006 at 5:08 pm

    Hi Geir, it’s Dan from Pizza on Rails.

    I recommend The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, by Tufte. Not his newest, but classic classic book. Haven’t seen this new one yet. Will have to check it out.

  2. Daniel Lucraft Says:
    September 14th, 2006 at 5:15 pm

    Actually, thanks for this link. I think Beautiful Evidence is going to form part of my dads 60th birthday present in a couple of weeks. Thanks!

  3. Geir Says:
    September 14th, 2006 at 5:40 pm

    Thanks for taking the time to read and comment :)

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