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Visualization: depressive diagrams

This infographic taken from the German newspaper “Die Welt kompakt” did cause me some mental stress. It tries to explain who actually earns money with depressions – the pharmaceutical industry. Take a look at my

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Visualization: When colours make you blind

„Everything is so beautifully colorful here.“  German punk icon Nina Hagen sang this song at the end of the 70s and referred to color TV. Some producers of dashboards still try to comply with this

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Visualization/Xcelsius: a non-informing infographic

In my opinion, there are only some good books on the subject of visualization and infographics. The most recent one is written by Alberto Cairo: “the functional art – an introduction to information graphics and visualization”.

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Visualization: My breakfast in Spain

I had the pleasure to roam about Madrid last month as I was attending the SAP TechEd, trying to keep myself informed about the newest developments at SAP. My hotel only offered Spanish newspapers as

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Simplify: Dashboards and Alcohol

It was pretty quiet here the last few months: too much going on, not enough spare time! That will change again. Now I am proud to announce the first guest post on this blog.

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Visualization: Efficient Dashboard Design (1/2)

Donald MacCormick – long-time -Xcelsius aficionado at Business Objects and now Chief Product and Marketing Officer at antivia – has recently published an article about „Effective Visual Design” and its meaning for Dashboards. According to

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