https://lobsterpot.com.au/blog/2011/09/13/pie-charts-could-try-harder/ Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:31:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://lobsterpot.com.au/blog/2011/09/13/pie-charts-could-try-harder/#comment-1983 Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:31:19 +0000 http://blogs.lobsterpot.com.au/?p=3004#comment-1983 Thanks Geoff & Aaron, that’s great.
And thank you too Steve. I’ve shared coffee with him before, and can thoroughly recommend his books to anyone who considers that pie charts are worthwhile. He’s back in Australia in November, but I doubt I’ll see him this time, as I don’t think Adelaide’s in his itinerary.

]]> https://lobsterpot.com.au/blog/2011/09/13/pie-charts-could-try-harder/#comment-1982 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:36:51 +0000 http://blogs.lobsterpot.com.au/?p=3004#comment-1982 Mr Fews book, Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data explains why pie charts are lousy really well. Its a great read for those of us who are less design astute.

]]> https://lobsterpot.com.au/blog/2011/09/13/pie-charts-could-try-harder/#comment-1981 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:04:19 +0000 http://blogs.lobsterpot.com.au/?p=3004#comment-1981 Come on Rob, are your eyes going bad? There is clearly 32.47% of that pie left.

]]> https://lobsterpot.com.au/blog/2011/09/13/pie-charts-could-try-harder/#comment-1980 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:50:11 +0000 http://blogs.lobsterpot.com.au/?p=3004#comment-1980 Here’s another favorite: http://www.flickr.com/photos/famewhore/291635623/

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