Miracle conception
I must have been bored – I looked at the front cover of Hello magazine. I’ve now washed my eyeballs, several times. What I did spot was this rather startling headline. I’m no mathematical or biological genius (or any other kind for that matter), but it did ring one or two alarm bells. Mrs information [...]
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Statistical stupidity – part 3
Here’s a belting case of stating the bleedin obvious from the Manchester Evening News reporting on Barack Obama’s impressive win in South Carolina: “Obama Barack received 55% of the vote, more than all his challengers combined” Clearly all the staff at the paper give 110% to give themselves half a chance
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Are cash customers as important?
When I decided to add this post, it occured to me that information design is like typographic ergonomics, a point I might discuss another time. For this post I’m onto real ergonomics, and a trip to Tesco. I have many issues with the “self-serve” tills that have sprung up.Today was the first time I’ve had [...]
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It's not about legibility
This is a point I have had to make to several unsuspecting individuals in the past. When I tell other designers what I do, there are two very common reactions: the first is that I design graphs, the second is that because I create information that people “understand”, this must mean I create information that [...]
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