Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 6-13:
More pixels are useful when interactively exploring larger
graphs.
Explain
After you have completed all the work of collecting data, laying out graphs,
connecting visual attributes, and finding insights, it is likely that you will
want to share those insights with other people.
In general, telling a story with a graph must be done carefully, or the impact
can simply be one of confusion. Early in his career, one of this topic's
authors received one type of this reaction from his boss who said, “There's
too much here. What am I supposed to look at? Where am I supposed to
look? How am I supposed to know, or is the goal to overwhelm?”
Sequence of a Data Story
You can tell a story in many ways. After years of trial and error, one of
this topic's authors now tends to use a fairly basic template for telling data
stories, although there can certainly be better versions, depending on the
type of story you need to tell. The approach roughly follows the process set
out in the last few chapters:
