[thelist] is Tufte worth buying?
Luther, Ron
ron.luther at hp.com
Mon Sep 13 14:51:20 CDT 2004
Joel D Canfield asked about Tufte ...
>>If the company would spring for the fifty bucks, is reading Tufte going
>>to help me hone my skills in visual presentation of data via web tools?
Hi Joel,
I have (and really enjoyed) the 1st edition of Tufte's "The Visual Display
of Quantitative Information":
http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi
I used to keep it in my desk as a reference back when I was doing a lot
of statistical analysis and presentation work.
It's a good book and a fun book.
Is it going to help you vis-à-vis 'presentation of data via web tools'?
I would guess not ... IIRC I think it may be more 'print' oriented in
that (at least some of) the examples really depend on 'pixel precise'
sizing and scaling. [I don't think the famous 'rail road time chart'
would work very well in a collapsible "liquid" design.]
Again ... the ideas are sound ... but the translation to the web would
be up to you.
HTH,
RonL.
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