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The purpose of visualization is insight, not pictures.
Ben Shneiderman
Home Secretary Dobrindts Axis of Evil
In my post last week I wrote about the ‘interest-driven’ manipulation of axes. Due to current events, I’ll have to add another one …
But this time about truncating the 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗬-𝗮𝘅𝗶𝘀.
Germany’s new Home …
mehr erfahrenCutting the x-axis
This Weeks Goody I found (TGIF) is about inflation and how to lie by cutting the x-axis …
Last Tuesday I stumbled across a visualisation of the British Conservatives in my Bluesky timeline posted by the …
mehr erfahrenPies of truth
Todays “The Goody I Found” is a bit older, but fits in so well with Labour Day – the 1st of May – tomorrow …
I really like the ‘Pies of truth’ (“Torten der Wahrheit”) by …
Trump and my beloved small multiples
Today’s ‘The Goody I found’ (TGIF) is once again about Trump and the effects of his erratic government actions on tourism to the USA.
A month ago I wrote a post here about Treemaps and Trump’s …
mehr erfahrenDuck or Rabbit?
This weeks “The goody I found” is kind of an oldie – but goldie – and actually quite suitable …
The rabbit–duck illusion was first published in 1892 and it’s all about perspective. It can be …
Index for Indices
Trump’s customs madness is currently affecting everything.
It’s fascinating how one man can influence the stock markets. A rogue who thinks of manipulation …
His rival Hillary Clinton tweeted a very nice visualisation of the stock market …
mehr erfahrenTreemaps, Trumps Tariffs and AI
The Goody I Found (TGIF) this week are some treemaps about the value of goods imported to the U.S. in 2023. I found them in the FlowingData newsletter – originally from the Washington Post: https://lnkd.in/eY3eXTBG
I’m …
mehr erfahrenA cosmic milestone in the history of music
Something weird and nerdy today: a nice ‘The Goody I Found’ (TGIF) that combines my enthusiasm for music and visualisation.
Last week I found this LinkedIn post by RobertoMensa: the data and an Excel visualisation of …
mehr erfahrenSAP BW is dead, long live SAP BW … again and again and again
Today I want to follow up on my post about the SAP Business Unleashed event. A little more beef … 😉
The goody I found this week is a slide by SAP expert Matthias Stemmler under …