Tufte Touted
There’s an enjoyable, short article on Edward Tufte in this week’s New York Magazine: “The Minister of Information” by Christopher Bonanos. Tufte’s latest book, Beautiful Evidence, was (self)published in 2006. His work is interesting for us, I think, because, in the words of the article, “Pretty much anyone who writes or presents can learn from Tufte,” and my guess is that we’ve been know to do both.
This is the book that talks about “sparklines,”
— which is not too shabby, even if it is small.
Tufte previously on Slaw
http://www.slaw.ca/2007/01/05/the-friday-fillip-42/
http://www.slaw.ca/2006/03/10/the-friday-fillip-4/
Currently there are 2 comments on “Tufte Touted” :
SOME COMMENTS MODERATED
If you have not had an approved comment here before, your comment will be held for approval. We are glad to publish comments that address issues raised in the post or other comments on it and contribute to a fruitful discussion. We do not publish comments that seek to promote commercial products.
Although we do not require it, we ask that in making a comment you use your full name. You must supply a valid email address, which will not appear with your comment.
June 14th, 2007 at 11:10 am
re: footnote – Sabrina Pacifici also does a fantastic job of cross-referencing previous posts over at http://bespacific.com/ .
June 14th, 2007 at 11:21 am
You mean the “topics” (i.e. categories), Connie? I’m getting ready to wade into the taxonomy waters again for Slaw, so if you could ask a portion of you mind to mull over that in the background, it’d be a big help.