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You’re also welcome to read through this collection of thoughtful (read: long) essays on dataviz, analytics, human perception, decision making, etc.
Dashboard Psychology: Effective Feedback in Data Design
The psychology behind “what you measure you improve”...
Radical Dots Simulator: Visualizing Agent Belief Change
Visualizing extreme belief formation, echo chambers, polarization, and attitude latitudes.
Motivational Data Visualization
Exploring the motivational impacts of 7 user-data visualizations in everyday products and services.
If Good Dashboards Inform, Then Great Dashboards Align
Dashboards don't have to be data dumpsters. At their best, great dashboards are a monument to what matters...
Goal Setting: “Measurable” doesn’t have to mean “Miserable”
A quick exercise for defining “measurable” OKRs
Visualizing Expectations
Understanding the psychology and impact of expectation-setting and information design.
Settling the Debate: Bars vs. Lollipops (vs. Dot Plots)
Results of testing Bars, Lollipops and Dot Plots with 150 Mechanical Turkers for accuracy, preference...
Americans struggle with Graphs
When communicating data to 'the public,' how simple does it need to be? How much complexity can people...
Winning at @ratemyskyperoom
In these uncertain times, the world needs hard-hitting data journalism now more than ever. This is not...
How to set team KPIs that won't cost your lemonade stand $3B in fines.
Principles for designing inspiring, human-centered performance metrics.
"What is this graph telling you?"
Crucial questions to ask when user testing data visualizations.
Don't be Creepy. Employee Surveillance Backfires.
Employee spyware does more harm than good. Here's what you can do instead.