The Wall Street journal guide to information graphics

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1. internet101010Feb 2025
   99% of the time it is design, 1% it is art. The goal is always to convey information in a digestible way without being misleading. An example of it being art is that video that illustrates death counts in WWII.

   The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics should be a required for reading for anyone working with numbers.

   tldr: only use color when necessary, avoid bold typefaces, keep scales consistent across charts unless there is a specific need to do otherwise.

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2. internet101010Feb 2024
   I see this with a lot of people that do visualizations and dashboards. A lot of fancy stuff going on but most people just want simple tables with filters that apply to other views (mostly rollups) when navigating.

   The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics is an essential reading for anyone who regularly presents data.

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3. oyster143Mar 2023
   I found The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics by Dona Wong extremely useful for developing good grasp of data viz basics (especially in business setting)
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4. daveslashFeb 2022
   I had a college Statistics professor who would get triggered and go off on a (justified) rant every time he saw a 3D pie chart.

   I am a big advocate or arranging the pie slices in order (largest to smallest, or smallest to largest).

   I also really recommend The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics: The Dos and Don'ts of Presenting Data, Facts, and Figures https://www.amazon.com/Street-Journal-Guide-Information-Grap...

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5. daveslashFeb 2020
   If you enjoyed this post, then I'd really recommend "The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics: The Dos and Don'ts of Presenting Data, Facts, and Figures" by Donna Wong. http://www.donawong.com/
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6. FlemlordApr 2010
   I do a lot of charting for financial services software. The best practical book that I've found is The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics: The Dos and Don'ts of Presenting Data, Facts, and Figures. Simple but practical guidelines for displaying pie/line/area graphs.

   But for your situation, check out some of these sites which focus on more complicated graphing techniques:

   http://www.perceptualedge.com/examples.php

   http://blogof.francescomugnai.com/2009/04/50-great-examples-...

   http://interface.fh-potsdam.de/infodesignpatterns/news.php

   http://patternbrowser.org/

   http://webdesignledger.com/inspiration/15-stunning-examples-...

   http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/

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