I took a close look recently at Tableau data visualization software. I liked Tableau a lot, even though it wasn’t quite what I expected. I had thought of it as a way to build aesthetically-correct charts, according to the precepts set down by Edward Tufte and like-minded visualization gurus such as Stephen Few. But even though Tableau follows many of these principles, it is less for building charts than interactive data exploration. This is admittedly a pretty subtle distinction, since the exploration is achieved through charts. What I mean...
Sunday, 16 September 2007
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