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It's Not The Ink, It's The Think: 6 Effective Data Visualization Strategies

Occam's Razor

Too many bars, inside them too many slices, odd color choices, all end up with this question: what the heck's going on here? It also forces a lot less think than might be optimal. What you want to do instead is to do all the slicing, dicing, segmentation, beautiful math, and then step above it. Interesting trend.

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Great Storytelling With Data: Visualize Simply And Focus Obsessively

Occam's Razor

The Directors, the Marketers, the Optimization employees and our resident social media gurus. You can cut yourself with it and embarrass yourself, or you can look the very best you ever have by using it optimally. Second, between 2012 and 2013. The valiant hope is that they will do something. No, you are smarter than that.

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What Is Embedded Analytics?

Jet Global

Companies like Tableau (which raised over $250 million when it had its IPO in 2013) demonstrated an unmet need in the market. Interactivity can include dropdowns and filters for users to slice and dice data. Strategic Objective Provide an optimal user experience regardless of where and how users prefer to access information.