David McCandless is the #1 data visualization expert. But what is that? “Data visualization?” Simply: it’s a better way to tell stories.
Show Notes:
“Visual Miscellaneum: The Bestselling Classic, Revised and Updated: A Colorful Guide to the World's Most Consequential Trivia” by David McCandless
“Knowledge Is Beautiful: Impossible Ideas, Invisible Patterns, Hidden Connections--Visualized” David McCandless
Visit David’s website - informationisbeautiful.net
Watch David’s TED Talk - The Beauty of Data Visualization - which now has over 2.5 million views
These are a few of David’s infographics we talk about in the podcast (most have been updated)
- Snake Oil Supplements
- Left vs. Right (US)
- Which Fish are Okay to Eat?
- Top 500 Most Common Passwords Visualized
- International Number Ones
- The Billion Dollar-o-Gram
- 20th Century Death
- Based on a True True Story?
- Novels Everyone Should Read
One of the first infographics from 1869 by Charles Minard depicting Napoleon’s March in Russia in 1812.
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