DemoModule: VizBiz
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Author: Heiko Spallek
New Excel with Tufte’s Sparklines
It is quite rare that data visualization topic makes it into the headlines, but a recent dispute between data visualization guru Edward Tufte and Microsoft...
How To See In Four Dimensions
Recently, I picked up a story in Slashdot which discussed a complicated visualization problem. Mathematicians and physicists work all the time with...
Figures are no longer your data!
On March 16, 2009, Katrina Kelner, editor of Science Translational Medicine, Managing Editor, Research Journals, Science Magazine gave a talk at NIH which was...
Media Tip #8: Use video
Video and other media usually enhance a presentation. But, they need to be designed well (no cheesy YouTube videos). In general, a video is much better than a...
Media Tip #6: Color is emotional!
Color evokes feelings! There are two general categories of colors • cool (blue and green) • warm (orange and red) Use cool for backgrounds because cool...
Media Tip #7: Use just two complementary fonts
“Complementary” in regards to fonts often refers to a combination of serif font and a sans serif font. But, the creative combination of both is often the...
Media Tip #2: Never EVER use animations
With that tip I refer to object builds or slide transitions. Animations should be a part of your presentation, but only to convey a meaning. If you cannot...
The Philosophy of Scientific Poster Presentations
Our need to communicate and disseminate research results has long outstripped the capacity of scientific sessions, which cannot be prolonged indefinitely due...
Media Tip #1: Give a talk, not a PPT show!
In the following eight installments of the blog, I will share a compilation of media tips which I have compiled a while ago for a presentation about effective...
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