tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post6853250115731229114..comments2024-03-28T03:27:07.147+00:00Comments on VizWiz: Information is Beautiful? Only if you like a totally useless mess of nothingnessVizWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11408220384219218043noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-1761754296271307222012-01-23T13:52:13.865+00:002012-01-23T13:52:13.865+00:00Al, you are absolutely right. The difference, how...Al, you are absolutely right. The difference, however, is that I'm not pretending that it's any type of analysis whatsoever.<br /><br />Tag clouds are meant to be a shortcut for people to find topics of interest...that's it.VizWizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408220384219218043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-66226542974347595322012-01-23T13:07:21.281+00:002012-01-23T13:07:21.281+00:00Dude. Your site has a tag cloud. Glass houses...
...Dude. Your site has a tag cloud. Glass houses... <br /><br />(or are you currently rebuilding your tag cloud in Tableau server?)Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292122095679213542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-36833892605164656132012-01-08T02:24:51.064+00:002012-01-08T02:24:51.064+00:00Based on how bad his infographic is, you would alm...Based on how bad his infographic is, you would almost think David McCandless works for USA Today...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07151731505126911834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-18576413018460296062012-01-07T13:54:28.190+00:002012-01-07T13:54:28.190+00:00You're right, of course. I'm not defending...You're right, of course. I'm not defending this or any other of the many staggeringly poor examples of work that we look at and without hesitation say 'well that's an infographic, not a data visualisation'. Yet somehow these infographics are still popping up in newspapers and magazines and McCandless is regarded as someone who is advancing a field when we're all looking atMel Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09262943564903439037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-11642036805617548732012-01-07T13:11:15.835+00:002012-01-07T13:11:15.835+00:00Mel,
I agree that sometimes David's work can ...Mel,<br /><br />I agree that sometimes David's work can be beautiful. Heck, he says himself that if all else fails make it pretty. But this particular infographic doesn't even come close to being something beautiful. It looks like paint thrown on a wall.<br /><br />AndyVizWizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408220384219218043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-36335461056785627532012-01-07T10:56:50.018+00:002012-01-07T10:56:50.018+00:00I think the honest part of David McCandless' w...I think the honest part of David McCandless' work is his company / blog name. I think that he has had success in making information beautiful. What he does not typically do though is make information <i>useful</i> and that is what irks so many of us for whom that is our primary focus. <br /><br />The challenge for all of us must be to recognise that somehow many people are beguiled by the Mel Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09262943564903439037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-60985476211550080422012-01-07T10:53:24.459+00:002012-01-07T10:53:24.459+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mel Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09262943564903439037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-84373796057055202762012-01-06T20:20:51.828+00:002012-01-06T20:20:51.828+00:00Nice "Stephen Few-like" tirade Andy! We...Nice "Stephen Few-like" tirade Andy! Well done. This viz McCandless viz does not look cool at all. It's even bad as far word clouds go.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12367772738915118181noreply@blogger.com