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I Love Charts: The Book
by
Jason Oberholtzer (Goodreads Author),
Cody Westphal
Ever shared, laughed at, cried over, or thrown darts at a chart? Have you ever put together a report and thought, "gee, I could use a chart here." Then I Love Charts: The Book is the perfect addition to your collection. Based on the highly successful humor blog, this compilation includes the best never-before-seen charts. The book ranges across many subjects from the absur...more
Paperback, 208 pages
Published
May 1st 2012
by Sourcebooks
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I loved this silly book. I skipped most of the text which wasn't that great but I loved all the charts! So clever. Even learned a new acronym - NSFW. ahem.
Not just for techies or mathematicians!
Not just for techies or mathematicians!
This is exactly why the Internet is great. There are brand new kinds of journalism and humor and self-expression that have become possible because of the unique constraints of screens and keyboards.
Charts, by themselves, in almost any context, even bad ones, are great, because they simultaneously represent the modern fusion between data, technology, design, and communication which has only been possible for about 20 years, while hearkening back to the oldest pictogram-based forms of language. An...more
Charts, by themselves, in almost any context, even bad ones, are great, because they simultaneously represent the modern fusion between data, technology, design, and communication which has only been possible for about 20 years, while hearkening back to the oldest pictogram-based forms of language. An...more
Some forms of humor are fantastic in one medium but not another. "Shit My Dad Says" was great on Twitter, but sucked bigtime in book format. Geico cavemen fell flat on their face in a sitcom but were somewhat acceptable as characters of an insurance ad. (actually, truth be told, the ads were kind of sucky too) Similarly, "I Love Charts" works amazingly on tumblr, but is a big FAIL in print. I hope I can recoup some of my losses by re-selling this on eBay.
This little book gets 3.5 out of 4 stars. It was a pretty quick read and did have some of the charts I love from the blog (with the same name as the book), however, some of the tales from the authors of the book didn't quite do it for me. Most were only marginally funny and didn't hold my attention too well. Clearly, I am either not hipster enough, nerd enough or something.
I love the blog the two authors run. I was really hoping this book would knock it out of the park. I was disappointed with it however. As a book about charts it doesn't give any suggestions for good or bad practices. As a humor book I didn't find most of their stories funny at all. I will definitely be hesitant in the future about reading books that stem from blogs.
Little entertaining and visual book.
Nothing to write home about, but not bad either. Has some great moments, but lacks some consistency in having an actual point.
However, if you're into visual stuff, and want some out of the box occasional laughs this is actually a pretty interesting little book.
Nothing to write home about, but not bad either. Has some great moments, but lacks some consistency in having an actual point.
However, if you're into visual stuff, and want some out of the box occasional laughs this is actually a pretty interesting little book.
Okay, the ones that were funny were hilarious. But aside from that, the charts were just kinda strange. The writing that went with it didn't exactly make sense with the context it was with, I mean, it did, but not fully, almost like the charts were stuck randomly into the writing.... It was entertaining though....
I spend a lot of time looking at charts at work. This book inspired me to chart better. A few of these cracked me up. I must admit I skimmed the text and focused on the charts. This is a good picture book for nerds like me.
Lots of fun. Makes you think a bit too
disappointing, and I love charts
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Jason Oberholtzer is the cofounder and curator of the popular Tumblr, I Love Charts, and coauthor of its eponymous book.
He has been described as "eccentric."
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