PinnedData Products — Part I: A Lego ExerciseOne can define a data product as the smallest unit of data-based architecture that can be independently deployed and managed (aka product…Mar 18, 202441Mar 18, 202441
Dimensions in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“Graphic comparisons, wherever possible, should be made in one dimension only.” (Willard C Brinton, “Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts”…Sep 25, 2024Sep 25, 2024
Conclusions in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“Before anything can be reasoned upon to a conclusion, certain facts, principles, or data, to reason from, must be established, admitted…Sep 23, 2024Sep 23, 2024
Attention in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“The visible figures by which principles are illustrated should, so far as possible, have no accessories. They should be magnitudes pure…Sep 22, 2024Sep 22, 2024
Scales in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“For a curve the vertical scale, whenever practicable, should be so selected that the zero line will appear on the diagram. […] If the zero…Sep 21, 2024Sep 21, 2024
Aggregation in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“Modern data graphics can do much more than simply substitute for small statistical tables. At their best, graphics are instruments for…Sep 20, 2024Sep 20, 2024
Patterns in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“Averages, ranges, and histograms all obscure the time-order for the data. If the time-order for the data shows some sort of definite…Sep 15, 2024Sep 15, 2024
Infographic in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“Information graphics are an essential component of technical communication. Very few technical documents or presentations can be…Sep 14, 2024Sep 14, 2024
Numbers in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“If statistical graphics, although born just yesterday, extends its reach every day, it is because it replaces long tables of numbers and…Sep 12, 2024Sep 12, 2024
Aesthetics in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“Good design looks right. It is simple (clear and uncomplicated). Good design is also elegant, and does not look contrived. A map should be…Sep 12, 2024Sep 12, 2024
Pie Charts in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“In general, the comparison of two circles of different size should be strictly avoided. Many excellent works on statistics approve the…Sep 11, 2024Sep 11, 2024
Histograms in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“The histogram, with its columns of area proportional to number, like the bar graph, is one of the most classical of statistical graphs…Sep 9, 2024Sep 9, 2024
Data Culture - Part III: A Tale of Two CitiesOne of the curious things is that as part of their change of culture organizations try to adopt a new language, to give new names to…Sep 7, 20248Sep 7, 20248
Data Governance - Part I: No Guild of HeroesData governance appeared around 1980s as topic though it gained popularity in early 2000s [1]. Twenty years later, organizations still miss…Sep 7, 2024Sep 7, 2024
Color in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“It is desirable in all chart work to have certain conventions by which colors would be understood to have certain definite meanings. Thus…Sep 7, 2024Sep 7, 2024
Scatter Charts in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“Pencil and paper for construction of distributions, scatter diagrams, and run-charts to compare small groups and to detect trends are more…Sep 6, 20242Sep 6, 20242