Comments on: Less Wow Factor, More Eureka Moment http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/less-wow-factor-more-eureka-moment/ Effective Charts and Dashboards for Excel users Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:31:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/less-wow-factor-more-eureka-moment/#comment-577 admin Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:26:13 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=215#comment-577 Jon, isn't "smart blond" an oxymoron? (No, actually it isn't...) What I mean by "meaningful wow" is exactly that: aesthetics that actually helps/supports understanding. Tufte's minimalism is one of the options. Jon, isn’t “smart blond” an oxymoron? (No, actually it isn’t…)

What I mean by “meaningful wow” is exactly that: aesthetics that actually helps/supports understanding. Tufte’s minimalism is one of the options.

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/less-wow-factor-more-eureka-moment/#comment-576 Jon Peltier Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:35:57 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=215#comment-576 Then is great information visualization a smart blonde? ... my taste runs toward brunette (in case my wife reads this). Great visualization actually puts to lie the old adage "Beauty times brain is a constant". The difficulty is in convincing designers that beauty does not consist of 3D perspectives with transparent fills and gradient shading. Beauty consists of clear displays with simple designs, at least in the eye of this beholder. Then is great information visualization a smart blonde? … my taste runs toward brunette (in case my wife reads this).

Great visualization actually puts to lie the old adage “Beauty times brain is a constant”. The difficulty is in convincing designers that beauty does not consist of 3D perspectives with transparent fills and gradient shading. Beauty consists of clear displays with simple designs, at least in the eye of this beholder.

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