Great rule of thumb :) I’m sometimes knee-deep in chartmaking before I realise I don’t actually know exactly what I want to communicate.
Tangentially reminded me of Eugene Wei’s suggestion to “remove the legend”, in an essay that also attempted to illustrate how to implement Ed Tufte’s advice from his cult bestseller The Visual Display of Quantitative Information.
I’d also like to signal-boost the excellent chart guides from storytelling with data.
Great rule of thumb :) I’m sometimes knee-deep in chartmaking before I realise I don’t actually know exactly what I want to communicate.
Tangentially reminded me of Eugene Wei’s suggestion to “remove the legend”, in an essay that also attempted to illustrate how to implement Ed Tufte’s advice from his cult bestseller The Visual Display of Quantitative Information.
I’d also like to signal-boost the excellent chart guides from storytelling with data.