Edward Tufte
Person on 3 sites
Statistician and professor emeritus at Yale; author of The Visual Display of Quantitative Information and The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint.
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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4 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The standard PowerPoint presentation elevates format over content and turns everything into a sales pitch. (opens korrents.com)
“The standard PowerPoint presentation elevates format over content, betraying an attitude of commercialism that turns everything into a sales pitch.”
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Audience boredom is usually a content failure, not a decoration failure: if the numbers are boring you have the wrong numbers. (opens korrents.com)
“If your numbers are boring, then you've got the wrong numbers. If your words or images are not on point, making them dance in color won't make them relevant. Audience boredom is usually a content failure, not a…”
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Visual reasoning works best when information is shown side by side, and the more intense the detail, the greater the clarity. (opens korrents.com)
“Visual reasoning usually works more effectively when relevant information is shown side by side. Often, the more intense the detail, the greater the clarity and understanding.”
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The standard PowerPoint presentation elevates format over content and turns everything into a sales pitch. (opens korrents.com)
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2 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Babar books (opens rcmnd.app)
“All I can suggest are the classic Babar books by Jean de Brunhoff. The illustration "Babar's Dream" is discussed in Visual Explanations, pp. 127-129.”
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Say It With Figures (opens rcmnd.app)
“The classic book is Hans Zeisel, Say It With Figures, which went through many editions. It may not be in print now, but used copies abound.”
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Babar books (opens rcmnd.app)