topic: Consulting
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Managing Dashboard Date Filters
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It is essential, in any dashboard build, to decide how to handle dates. How dates are formatted, displayed, and aggregated determines the charts that will be used, the comparisons that are involved, and the interpretation by end users. As developers, we must strike a balance between providing users with flexibility and guiding them directly to…
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Why Constraints Make You a Better Designer
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Constraints: Kryptonite or Door to Creative Innovation? In my work creating data visualizations, I often hear designers complain that constraints are their kryptonite or, perhaps worse, a barbed wire prison fence around their creative freedom. But if we change our thinking, constraints can be the inspiration to break out of old habits, experiment, and try…