crushing on your data viz
I like the idea of "crushing" on one's data viz. I find myself saying this again and again, but plotting data in a graphing program should be the first step in data visualization, not the last. After doing that, in this post I outline the typical steps I find myself going through and questions I routinely ask to get to the final ready-for-consumption visual.
gridlines are gratuitous
Gridlines typically act as nothing more than clutter, unnecessarily competing for attention with your data. Don't let them. In this post, I discuss gridlines, why they usually aren't necessary and look at an example illustrating the power removing gridlines from your visuals can have.