Michael Quinn Patton just came out with the fourth edition of his Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods book and in it you’ll find 9 of my cartoons. The new cartoons are based largely on a series of ruminations added to each chapter (you can find a few rumination examples over at better evaluation). Today’s post […]
It’s a #dataviz Christmas cartoon post
This kind of cartoon post happens when you’re writing about data visualization in front of a Christmas tree. An Infographic to Santa Santa’s naughty list dashboard Dataviz Sweater Party
Thankful for the attention
One of the things I’m thankful for this year… In a sea of competing voices you’ve chosen to listen to mine. For those of you in the US, have a nice Thanksgiving! And for everyone, have a nice week 🙂
Why you should create a minimum viable visual
The infographic was not going to be a finalist in any design competition. The font was tiny. The few colors just didn’t seem to gel. It was printed small with strange dimensions. Definitely not going to find this one on any blogger’s top 100 list. But that’s out of context. Listening to the evaluator talk […]
The four words that can kill any visual project
I don’t like it. Data visualization experts love to talk about effectiveness, which chart type is better than which other chart type. And while I think the discussion can be helpful sometimes it also misses a big point. Most researchers and evaluators are not making bad visuals, they’re making no visuals (or very few visuals). […]
Featured image paradigm
Featured Image Paradigm > Every article has a picture. It’s really a simple rule, but you can look at almost any major website on almost any topic (news, sports, fashion, food, science, technology, etc., etc., etc.) and you’ll see it being followed. Even if the image for an article is not showing on the front […]