323 - David McCandless: Visual Storytelling: Transforming Data into Stories through Infographics

March 1, 2018

David McCandless is the #1 data visualization expert. But what is that? “Data visualization?” Simply: it’s a better way to tell stories.

Show Notes: 

“Visual Miscellaneum: The Bestselling Classic, Revised and Updated: A Colorful Guide to the World's Most Consequential Trivia” by David McCandless

“Knowledge Is Beautiful: Impossible Ideas, Invisible Patterns, Hidden Connections--Visualized” David McCandless

Visit David’s website - informationisbeautiful.net

Watch David’s TED Talk - The Beauty of Data Visualization - which now has over 2.5 million views

These are a few of David’s infographics we talk about in the podcast (most have been updated)

• Snake Oil Supplements
• Left vs. Right (US)
• Which Fish are Okay to Eat?
• Top 500 Most Common Passwords Visualized
• International Number Ones
• The Billion Dollar-o-Gram
• 20th Century Death
• Based on a True True Story?
• Novels Everyone Should Read

One of the first infographics from 1869 by Charles Minard depicting Napoleon’s March in Russia in 1812.

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