How to declutter data visualizations (5 steps)

[@rdatta]

This video is 8 years old (in 2024) but I'd say it's still a brilliant and exceptional discussion of the subject. The grounding in Gestalt principles to the final example were all very well done. Highly recommended. As are the speaker's books.

[@TWGTravelwithGandharv]

Amazingly Simplified and Detailed! The last example of retail prices was awesomely done! Thank so you so much for sharing this!

[@ahsanmohammed1]

Fantastic! Beautiful! Well presented! Meaningful! Helpful! Thank you!

[@kapamagicman]

Definitely like the last example on how you transformed something complicated to a simple yet effective slide. Very impressed. FYI I bought the book.

[@huangsizhe190]

This video is amazing and exactly what I searched for on google. After 10 videos, I finally found it. I will now go and watch the other videos on this channels, cheers!

[@parniasebti3579]

The best video about data visualization!

[@miriamngombe6955]

Awesome examples and I love the interactive nature of your videos. "Pause", "think", "imagine"... No passively staring at the screen- I can feel my brain cogs turning.

[@tobiaslundborg2073]

Great stuff, Cole! I'm getting intensely inspired to continue my adventures in Tableau public :)

[@PeterTremblayeh]

Well done! Very good examples that really explained how to improve data visualizations by reducing the clutter on graphs and slides.

[@offdiet]

10:27 - from an aesthetic perspective I agree with you, but i don't buy the "cognitive load" argument: i would say in the "After" version, it is much harder to guess the value for the November data point than in "Before". "After" is also misleading, as it no longer shows the discrete nature of your input data.

[@gmensah2008]

+offdiet It is indeed harder to guess the value, but I don't think the point of a graph is value guessing, more so a graph is used to tell a story. In the after version, the story is told without the viewer having to do much effort, it's almost as easy as reading a sentence, it flows naturally... "received" ..."processed"..."ok there's a widening gap"..."started around July"... If this is a revenue or sales report, that graph tells the whole story. In the before version, at least for me, I don't know how or where to enter the graph, there's hesitation as to where to look for meaning, eventually I look below at the index, then I look up at the graph. It's not fundamentally hard to do so, but the story doesn't "come out" right away, I have to figure out what's the way to enter the story, if that makes sense.

[@ReynaHB]

Nice explanation!

[@gmensah2008]

This is really great content, it's funny how the hardest things to notice are usually the one right in front of us! So much value there! I just ordered the book, can't wait to get my hands on it! Thank you.

[@robertgutierrez3733]

Gracias por excelente contenido, soy de colombia y compre los 2 libros, saludos

[@storytellingwithdata]

Thanks for watching and we hope you enjoy the books!

[@crounds3409]

Very awesome stuff Cole. Brilliant!

[@flaviolimaj]

Great vídeo, Cole.. It makes me want to revisit so much of what I've done already

[@Msggwu]

Love your contents! I also watched your talk at Google and thought your are a great presenter who uses facial expressions and gestures very well! It'd be great if you can sometimes switch to recording view of you when you are talking for this kind of lecture video.

[@abnersangalang3849]

wow! this content is gold!

[@Papabear8867]

Great! Thank you for this helpful information! Love your videos!

[@storytellingwithdata]

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[@itisdaniel4084]

great video!!

[@mikkelkrogsholm]

Great video! And loved the book.

[@ImDavidBizar]

Awesome video Cole, thanks a lot. I'm doing a UC David coursera's specialization in data visualization and this has been a great complement to it. I like the look of your website and the book seems great too. Keep at it :)

[@pedrohenriquecarneiro904]

Very nice!

[@jrgarciasanta]

Awesome. Great content.

[@ImDavidBizar]

Gestalt Principle: 4:28

[@sunderipranata4368]

Thanks! Your lesson was great! Id like to purhase your book ❤️ by the way, if i may know or if anyone knows, what application are you using to create all those graphs? Thanks!

[@storytellingwithdata]

Hi Sunderi, all the graphs were created in Excel.

[@911alps]

😍awesome

[@Vishuddhabbbx]

Volume is not loud enough, but great video

[@agape13]

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