Beautiful Evidence

"And, in presenting words, impoverished space encourages imprecise statements, slogans, abrupt and thinly-argued claims.... Many true statements are too long to fit on a PP slide, but this does not mean we should abbreviate the truth to make the words fit. It means we should find a better tool to make presentations."

"If your display looks like a knock-off from a corporate annual report or a PowerPoint pitch, start over. Designs for analyitcal diagrams should be clear, efficient, undecorated, maplike; the content should be intense, explanatory, evidential, maplike. The metaphor is the map, not stupidity."

Finished 3/14/11. Terrific — smart, opinionated, and well-crafted. ★★★★½

"...the engraving is part of document based on first-hand evidence and a deep caring about the content."

Deeply caring about the content produces wonderful results.

My work should be self-exemplifying. That is, it should embody the same principles it espouses. For example, Edward Tufte's book are about clearly displaying data, and they themselves are very clearly laid out and explained.