I have just got my copy of Stephen Few’s new book “Now You See it”, which I had bought from Amazon without even cracking the cover for a preview and I have to say it’s a very impressive effort. Following on from Few’s previous excellent books Designing Information Dashboards and Show Me the Numbers, this new book carries on his excellent work on data representation and quantitative presentation. Even better, the new book makes specific recommendations regarding user interaction with interfaces. Best of all, it provides a practical methodology for grappling with data representation problems, something which has been sorely lacking in the literature (e.g., the work of Tufte). Go. Buy. Now.

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