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I made a reference to Edward Tufte early this week when I made up the word "Tuftesque."
A few people asked what I meant. So, if
you've never heard of Edward Tufte, listen up. If you've heard of him, but never
seen him speak, listen up. If you have a complete clean desktop with no icons,
listen up.
Information Design just isn't sufficiently covered in most computer science courses,
otherwise the average programmer wouldn't suck so bad at PowerPoint and Excel.
So, why not pony up and get a refresher. To give you an idea about what
Tufte's about, here's
a great thread on his Forums about how Gantt Charts suck.
Edward Tufte has written seven books, including Visual Explanations, Envisioning
Information, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, and Data Analysis for
Politics and Policy. He writes, designs, and self-publishes his books on information
design, which have received more than 40 awards for content and design. He is Professor
Emeritus at Yale University, where he taught courses in statistical evidence, information
design, and interface design.
It's only $320 for the one day course, AND you get ALL THREE BOOKS for the fee.
Believe me, it will make you a better person and a better computer scientist.
Get your boss to pay.
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if
you've never heard of Edward Tufte, listen up. If you've heard of him, but never
seen him speak, listen up. If you have a complete clean desktop with no icons,
listen up.