Today’s consumer expectations center on quality. Quality of design gives the impression of a professional and secure experience. Because of the amount of competition in just about every application market,…
5 things every visualization should have
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…
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We do not possess an inherent ability to judge value in isolation, value is determined by comparing one thing to another.
UX: Why is Amazon so bad at user experience?
Chances are, you have used Amazon.com, purchased many things, or watched Prime movies over the last few years. The amazon.com site has changed over the years, but the user experience…
User Experience: Creating Stakeholder Maps
When it comes to user experience, a product manager should always understand who the stakeholders are for their product. It is very common to do stakeholder interviews and get detailed…
Analytic Dashboards: User Experience and Cues
A great dashboard creates more questions than it answers. It pushes business decisions into new directions and helps to validate previous work. So, what makes a good user experience when…
Analytic Dashboards: When to use a scatterplot.
I get many questions about how and when to use certain types of visualizations. Scatterplots are a unique and powerful tool to visualize data and when used correctly, can identify…
Web Techniques: Blocking
A common duty of a front end developer is to take designs and translate them to code. When you are learning web application development, it can be intimidating to even…
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…
A new era of intelligent, lightweight ‘dashboards’
Dashboard development has become novel in the last 5 years. Everyone has a dashboard that is branded “easy”, “intuitive” or “custom”. I have interactions with clients and the number one…