Comments on: The First Of Several Encouragements To Get This Done /2009/the-first-of-several-encouragements-to-get-this-done/ less helpful Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:19:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: A. Mercer /2009/the-first-of-several-encouragements-to-get-this-done/#comment-204517 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:19:26 +0000 /?p=2828#comment-204517 Ya know, it’s one of the few times the data was SO clear, the defaults didn’t overcome it, lol, although you’re right, they still suck.

]]> By: Dan Meyer /2009/the-first-of-several-encouragements-to-get-this-done/#comment-204384 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:41:29 +0000 /?p=2828#comment-204384 Microsoft’s aesthetic defaults are as easy to spot as they are lame, aren’t they? What good, for instance, are different shapes and different colors except to noisy up the screen? Increase the stroke width to make the colors more obvious and change ’em all to points. I dunno. My two cents.

]]> By: A. Mercer /2009/the-first-of-several-encouragements-to-get-this-done/#comment-204180 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:19:25 +0000 /?p=2828#comment-204180 I just thought I’d share this graph:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/globalpoolofmoney/images/2009/01/marketcap-png.png

Which breaks most of the aesthetic rules using Excel defaults, but the sheer magnitude of the information being conveyed and the clarity of it’s suckitude seems to outweigh the aesthetics.

Your thoughts, as always, appreciated.

]]> By: sam shah /2009/the-first-of-several-encouragements-to-get-this-done/#comment-203527 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:19:51 +0000 /?p=2828#comment-203527 Ha, I’ve been called out!

Touche Dan, now I *have* to finish. You’ll be glad to know that I did finally start yesterday. And even though I’ve only finished one slide, I had that “kind of happy nerdery you can’t keep to yourself” experience too. I showed my slide to like 3 people because I was so excited about creating something of my own. I felt like a little kid who drew something in elementary school and showed it to Mom and Dad as soon as he got home from school, because it was the Best. Drawing. Ever. Of course it wasn’t (I couldn’t stay within the lines for the life of me), but to me, then, I was an artist.

Sam.

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