It took me too long to figure out this #WaPost DC rainfall chart with the coinciding bars and 3 labels per month. I don't think I need *any* labels to get the idea that October was dry. I made a simpler version with overlaid bars and area. #LessIsMore
Also, I couldn't help but to normalize by days-in-month. Small pet peeve is comparing monthly sums and not accounting for number of days in month.
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I think this is the most enjoyable way to end a career. Being aknowledged as a top expert in the organization you dedicated so much time and energy.
Congratulations!
Please do, but please insist on uncertainty description, it is not the first time dataviz folks pick an idea and use it for (drawing) diversity purposes only.
I assume that screaming on any stage will always catch attention. It doesnt say much about the artistic act, but any high-pitched noise will (at least) break the rhythm.
I am not living in US, therefore the "message" had a (too) reduced impact on me to appreciate enough this design. For me is just ugly (but the subject is ugly as hell, so it might reflect just that).
Some visual interpretations of data are truly unique. They don't only encode data, they also reflect the designer personality, imagination, state of mind. We can understand standard encoding, but we don't always resonate with other personality. Important is what is left after we discard what doesnt resonate with us. Some designs are truly narcissistic. Their primary goal is not to communicate information. They are individual performances. Which usually shrinks the audience size.
Zero based scale makes sense. Both difference and ratio are useful for values comparison. A zero based scale area chart would work just fine.
Is rather OS related. As a (too) long term MS OS user, I can assure that those key combinations are common to many basic or advanced editors. Unless Office has a super fancy setup for keys combinations, it should keep aligned its UI to OS user experience.
Side note. Mobile keyboards usually lack key combinations. What then?
This is fascinating! The Braille Institute has developed a font - free to download - that's designed to be clearer for readers with lower vision.
An example of one of the aspects of low legibility that they tackled attached.
It's named Atkinson Hyperlegible. Atkinson was the Institute's founder - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Atkinson
Here's where you can read about the font and download it: https://brailleinstitute.org/freefont
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