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Highlights of Episode #27 - Chartjunk of Bill Shander's Data Visualization, Data Storytelling, and Information Design - Lesson and Listen Series : The episode features interview with Nigel Holmes, a celebrated graphic designer who was criticized by Tufte for his work at Time Magazine, which featured embellishments. Edward Tufte, a prominent figure in data visualization, popularized the field for a business audience and coined terms like data-ink ratio, small multiples, and sparklines. He coined the term chartjunk to refer to unnecessary embellishments in charts that distract from the data. Tufte's data-ink ratio concept promoted minimalism in data visualization, which became a widely accepted best practice. There is a school of thought that believes reducing distraction boosts visual impact . Tufte identified three types of Chartjunk: unintentional optical art, excessive gridlines, and overly stylized designs that obscure data rather than enhance it. A 2010 study found that ch...

The 22-page free ebook " A Beginner's Guide to Data & Analytics " from Harvard Business School Online offers essential definitions and practical advice for those looking to learn more about the field. * Data science is the process of building, cleaning, and structuring datasets to analyze and extract meaning.  * Data analytics refers to the process and practice of analyzing data to answer questions, extract insights, and identify trends * Types of Analytics: Descriptive analytics looks at data to examine, understand, and describe something that’s already happened. Diagnostic analytics goes deeper than descriptive analytics by seeking to understand the “why” behind what happened. Predictive analytics relies on historical data, past trends, and assumptions to answer questions about what will happen in the future. Prescriptive analytics identifies specific actions an individual or organization should take to reach future targets or goals * Data literacy is the ability to...

This Week I Learned -  *  Business use cases featuring interactive demos, architectural diagrams, and code samples developed with watsonx .  *  How Andrej Karpathy is playing around with generative AI tools to build visual stories * The OCI Generative AI Certification course has some great learning material. A slide from the OCI Generative AI Certification course * Ola, the ride-hailing platform has discontinued its app’s integration with Google Maps and replaced it with in-house Ola Maps. According to its founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal, the move has enabled the company to save Rs 100 crore annually. Ola has also transitioned away from Azure. * IMDb has shared a selection of its massive dataset on Tableau Public, which allows users to explore, create, and share data visualizations online . * Raj Bhagat has hand-drawn a map representing every Indian city * Try to know more than the client about their own product or service - "Research. Research. Research....