Tag: argument

Stephen Few is the author of (among others) “Show Me The Numbers”. Besides writing about what should **be done, in the field of data visualization, Dr. Few also writes a lot about what should **not be done. He does that in a sharp, merciless way which makes it very interesting reading (although, sometimes Dr. Few can be too harsh). This time, it was the turn of the Tableau blog team to be at the center of Stephen Few’s attention, and not for the good reason.

There’s an interesting mini-drama going on in the data visualization world. The moderators of DataIsBeautiful invited Stephen Few for an ask-me-anything (AMA) session. Stephen Few is a data visualization researcher and an opinionated blogger. I use his book “Show Me the Numbers” when I teach data visualization. Both in his book and even more so, on his blog, Dr. Few is not afraid of criticizing practices that fail to meet his standards of quality. That is why I wasn’t surprised when I read Stephen Few’s public response to the AMA invitation: