文档介绍：A Practical Guide to
Designing
with Data
by Brian Suda
i A Practical Guide to Designing with Data
A Practical Guide to Designing with Data
by Brian Suda
Published in 2010 by Five Simple Steps
Studio Two, The Coach House
Stanwell Road
Penarth
CF64 3EU
United Kingdom
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Publisher: Five Simple Steps
Editor: Owen Gregory
Production Editor: Emma Boulton
Art Director: Mark Boulton
Designer: Nick Boulton
Copyright © 2010 Brian Suda
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by
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ISBN: 978-1-907828-00-3
A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library.
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Foreword
Jeremy Keith
I have known Brian Suda for many years. We first met through
the munity, where he uses his skills to make
structured data readily available and easily understandable.
Now he is applying those skills to the world of data.
I am covetous of Brianʼs mind. It is the mind of a scientist,
constantly asking questions: “What was the first man-made object
with a unique identifier?”, “What would a hypercube of bread
classification look like?”, “What would it sound like to say all fifty
of the United States at the same time?”
Okay, that last one was from Family Guy. But whereas you or I
would be content to laugh at the joke and move on, Brian actually
tried it by layering fifty audio recordings on top of one another.
For the record, it sounds like this: Mwashomomakota.
As you would expect from such an enquiring mind, this book
is not a shallow overview of graphs and charts. If you are looking
for a quick fix on how to make your PowerPoint presentations pop,
this isnʼt the boo