1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (34+ words) A good chart can make complex data understandable in seconds. But choosing the wrong chart can confuse your audience or even hide the most important …...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1669+ words) This is exactly where the broader Python visualization ecosystem comes in. Python’s visualization ecosystem is rich. The PyViz project maintains a helpful landscape overview of the many available tools. Three libraries stand out for the most common needs you will…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (986+ words) The first article in this series (Part 1) introduces the concept of interactive charts with two examples. Part 2 shows how to extend this even further using check boxes and other functions to improve interactivity. This article builds upon the first and…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (266+ words) A waterfall chart is a discipline disguised as a graphic: it forces clean definitions, consistent signs, and driver-based thinking....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (548+ words) A prototype can make Timeline Visualizer look inevitable. A production design has to explain ownership, failure, recovery, and the evidence behind every successful result. The implementation signals—Python, geospatial data, maps, video—matter, but they are not conclusions by themselves....

3+ week, 12+ hour ago   (138+ words) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpj-zqkiiXQ Kieran Healy, a professor of sociology at Duke University, gives an enjoyable lecture on the limits of trust in data visualization. We were already approaching a place where people could say what they wanted with charts, regardless of what…...