Color,Visualization

Avoiding Data Pitfalls, Part 3: Confusing Colors

Written on Nov, 02, 2015 by Ben Jones | No comments yet

This is the 3rd in a blog post series called “Avoiding Data Pitfalls” (1st, 2nd)…

Communication,Visualization

My 3 Basic Tenets of Data Visualization

Written on Oct, 30, 2015 by Ben Jones | 14 comments

I have a few thoughts I’d like to put out there, in the spirit of…

Sports,Tableau,Visualization

Written on Sep, 15, 2015 by Ben Jones | 8 comments

First, apologies for the blog post drought! It was that kind of summer. It’s good…

Nature,Science,Visualization

Written on Jun, 02, 2015 by Ben Jones | 2 comments

I spend a lot of my free time with my family in nature, and it…

Books,Philosophy,Visualization

Written on May, 19, 2015 by Ben Jones | 8 comments

William Zinsser, 92, died last week. Zinsser, author of On Writing Well, the classic guide…

Mapping,Tableau,Visualization

Written on Sep, 06, 2014 by Ben Jones | 16 comments

I’m a big fan of small multiples in data viz, and I’m somewhat of a…

Sports,Tableau,Visualization

Written on Apr, 18, 2014 by Ben Jones | 5 comments

Arrow charts are an effective way of showing how values changed from one point in…

Science,Visualization

Written on Jan, 10, 2014 by Ben Jones | 12 comments

I went to SeaVis after work today, and I spent some time looking at something…

Sports,Tableau,Visualization

Written on Dec, 11, 2013 by Ben Jones | 15 comments

Andy Kirk of Visualising Data recently blogged and tweeted about his addiction to slopegraphs. In…

Books,Visualization

Written on Sep, 30, 2013 by Ben Jones | 2 comments

Data visualization touches many disciplines. Engineers, business practitioners, journalists, researchers and academics are all using…