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Today I found a signed copy of Edward R. Tufte's The Visual Display of Quantitative Information at Bookmans. I'd been meaning to get a copy of this book, so I bought the signed copy. This book is all about the effective display of information, and features some really beautiful graphs. There is also a large section of really terrible graphs, on the principle that one's purpose in life may be to serve as an example to others.

WBH Weekly Digest 2023-07-21: Hand-drawn

Yes, it has been two weeks, but I insist it is still a weekly digest. The Courageous Life and Death of Rick Rescorla, a 9/11 HeroThe Vietnam veteran helped save hundreds of lives on September 11th, before he was swallowed by the South Tower collapse. “For Rick Rescorla, this

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Linkfest 2022-06-10: S-curves

FreakTakes: When do ideas get easier to find? Last week I said that I’m convinced that the progress of technology usually follows an S-curve. This is a good illustration of what I mean. If you pick your metrics right, you can make a story of linear progress on the

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