I cringe when I see beautiful maps, charts and graphs that provide no value. For a truly valuable visualization, you need to make sure you account for the aspects that…
The Anatomy of Good Visualization
What makes for a good visualization? There are a number of components that are necessary for a visualization to be valuable. Just having a line (series item) represent some segment…
What I’ve learned About Data Visualization
If you are working, in any capacity, chances are you see and use data visualizations everyday. There is so much data moving around, you have to find a way to…
Content Strategy – Don’t let them decide now.
An ongoing debate in the world of content strategy, design, experience and development is that of how much is too much. I have been around the development world for a…
The difference between a website and a web application, it matters.
It is important to understand the difference between a website and a web application. A website is any online digital presence. A web application is any online digital presence driven…
Avoiding Communication Breakdowns
Good communication is the key to profitable, successful projects. In addition to client communication, inter-department communication is essential to success. Account, Project Managers and Development must all work together to…
Rapid Prototyping with Foundation
I have always been a fan of Rapid Application Development. In some cases prototyping an experience (AKA Interactive Wireframing) can also be a useful tool during development. Foundation is a…
How important is context? Illustrated examples.
Ok, this is a technical post (sort of). But I thought I would give a visual example of why you should always logically think of context in everything you do….