Andy Kirk

Open thread: When did you discover data visualisation?

One of the questions that I am most interested in when I approach my Visualisation Insights articles concerns how people discovered the subject of data visualisation: when was it and what was the situation that led them to suddenly recognise or appreciate the existance of the subject?   The moment data visualisation appeared on my radar […]

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“Dullards who believe a distinction between style and subtance”

The news of Steve Jobs passing yesterday has been followed by a great flood of testimonials, eulogies and obituaries. Yet with the ink still drying from a similar outpouring of analysis from 6 weeks or so ago, when Jobs announced his departure from Apple, much of the narrative has already been well versed.  One interesting piece of analysis

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