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There has already been a great deal of coverage across visualisation-related blogs and news sites about the reaction of General McChrystal, the leader of American

Throughout the financial crisis broadcasters, politicians, journalists, authors, academics and other communicators have tried various techniques to try help make their message come of this complex

Having immersed myself in the world of data visualisation through research and practice over the past 3 to 4 years, it’s emergence and continued growth is very clear for me to witness.

Delighted that Elissa Fink, VP Marketing at Tableau Software, has taken the time to comment on my recent post ‘Tableau graph showing Gartner’s customer survey

Very disappointed in Tableau for the production of this graph on their most recent blog post. I’m a big fan of their software and their

Fine tune Design of Nothing for Utrecht event

A few weeks ago I posted some screenshots from the O2 ‘My Account’ app for the iPhone.  I suggested that the design could be much

I wanted to share some general observations following the FlowingData challenge from last Friday which has provoked a large response. Readers were invited to comment on and offer makeover designs for the above 3D pyramid diagram

The BBC has launched its ‘Superpower’ season, broadcasting a series of interesting programmes exploring the power of the internet. The image below is taken from

Nathan from FlowingData has published a post today which sets out a challenge to rework the graphic below, produced by the Physicians Committee for Responsible

It is well known how the power of a story can add so much effect to the exchange of information. It makes the communication interesting, accessible, simpler to understand and also has more chance of being remembered. It is not always a straightforward task to actually find a story within an a given problem context but, nevertheless, it is important to always at least try and approach such communications with an eye on logical sequence and narrative.

How Much Information? is a report published by academics from the Global Information Industry Center, University of California, San Diego. Released in December 2009 it presents

Most days when I go out for lunch I take a shortcut through the hospital building adjoining my office. I’m not talking about obscure rat

The images below show screenshots from the O2 ‘My Account’ app for the iPhone. In principle this is a very useful application to keep a