Dashboards have become popular in recent years as uniquely powerful tools for communicating important information at a glance. Although dashboards ...
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Jan 06, 2012
Laurian
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Just seeing the title of this book I knew that I had to do my due diligence and read it - after all, one of the products that I work on is creating the dashboard on which different little items reside on. The last thing I wanted is for anyone to say "Hey have you read this book about information dashboard designs?" and I didn't have a good response.
I was a bit skeptical. In general I'm not the right audience for most O'Riley books about UX or HCI. Luckily the book ended up More...
I was a bit skeptical. In general I'm not the right audience for most O'Riley books about UX or HCI. Luckily the book ended up More...
May 01, 2007
Zhenwei
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Dashboard design - one of the most important aspect of presentation in this information-overload world today. If you're a consultant or researcher, and you have an encyclopedic amount of analysis you wish to present, do it succintly because most pple tune out after the first 10 mins. That's what a good dashboard should do - it ferrets out the essence of all information neatly in one single screen. the audience get to know what the numbers are and their significance in seconds. But designing such
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Nov 15, 2011
Meagan
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This should be required reading for anyone involved in reporting or dashboard design. This book adresses dashboard content as well as user interface design. He references Edward Tufte as well as some psychology studies about how people read and interpret information. This book is full of tips on what to do and what to avoid. He gives great examples and even picks on the major BI vendors in how they market and present "dashboards". It's a pretty easy and enjoyable read.
Oct 30, 2009
Micah
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Great introduction to dashboard design and the particular UI issues that attend this type of application.
While it doesn't go into alot of depth (many of the explanations can be found at length in Tufte's "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information") the application of principles to examples is helpful.
The numerous visuals inflate the page count (in a good way) so it's a relatively quick read.
Key takeaway: simplicity, clarity, and the appropriate level
While it doesn't go into alot of depth (many of the explanations can be found at length in Tufte's "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information") the application of principles to examples is helpful.
The numerous visuals inflate the page count (in a good way) so it's a relatively quick read.
Key takeaway: simplicity, clarity, and the appropriate level
Feb 05, 2010
Sarah
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Decent reiteration of all the relevant guidelines for creating useful information visualizations. I found the discussion of each visualization type (what kinds of information it was good for, etc) very useful. I also (being one who learns heavily by example) really enjoyed the analysis of both good and bad examples of information dashboards. All around, useful reference.
Sep 12, 2011
Emily
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Useful book on data visualization in a specific context. Although it has to do with business dashboards a lot of the advice is broadly applicable to anywhere you're displaying more than a little bit of information. It's a bit too long but you can jump in and out of specific chapters as needed.
May 21, 2009
Alice
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From one of the gurus of data presentation. Stephen Few takes excellent research in human factors, and shows how to apply it to the presentation of business data. If you want to know how to create that new Information Dashboard and have it really succeed, this is the way to do it.
Feb 21, 2010
Ralph
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Good review of design, mostly refresh. Many of Tufte ideas, but as applied directly to more modern dashboard ideas.
Oct 02, 2009
Jason
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I started reading this book to prepare for dashboard development using QlikView. This is a nice book on the visualization of data, and the principles it presents are well organized and sound. However, having a background in psychology and data analysis, there wasn't a lot of new material to absorb. The bullet graphs were new and apealling, and Stephen Few's sense of design and color are strong. The unfamiliar will learn WHAT looks good and communicates information effectively but won't get much
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Jul 24, 2008
Paul
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Wow. If any part of your job involves communicating data to other people, you should read this book. Not only does the author provide numerous techniques to apply to your own work, he explains the root of why different methods are good or bad. Reading this book, I didn't not feel like I was simply being informed - I felt like I was being educated. Amazing work!
Apr 20, 2008
mcburton
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While at first I was not impressed with this book. As I slugged through it I felt it got better and better. In the end I think it was a good read, its short and succinct, extremely well laid out and beautifully published. For anyone who needs a decent introduction to information viz and "dashboards" I would recommend this as a good place to start.
Mar 02, 2011
Abdelmoumen
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Since my graduation project consists of creating a dashboarding application, I had to learn about this new field which touches management (CPM), visual design and visual perception. This book was my gate into that world with great content and interesting insights. It's one of the best books in its domain.
Oct 06, 2011
Liz
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I think this book is pretty good. Some of his principles i have heard before from Tufte for example. I will try to incorporate some of his ideas into my dashboard, but some I will probably ignore (hey, I like bright colors).
Sep 21, 2007
Aaron
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Nicely put together, and while it focuses on business dashboard applications rather than wider categories (websites, etc.) there are still some good principles to be learned.
Dec 08, 2010
Irwin
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An excellent bbok on designing dashboards with real world examples, critiques and best practices. Highly recommended
Aug 26, 2009
Matt
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Pretty interesting read for dashboard design - falls into the UI design category, which I like.
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