Comments on: What is the most embarrassing charting mistake you made? [weekend poll] http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/11/13/chart-mistakes-poll/ Fresh Excel Tips, Tricks, Charts, Tutorials, Downloads, Dashboards and Visualization Showcase for your Inspiration and Productivity Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:30:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Rishil http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/11/13/chart-mistakes-poll/#comment-87213 Rishil Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:18:55 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=2400#comment-87213 If your work involves lots of planning and scheduling complex projects, i just came across a brilliant and simple project management and planning web-based application, ideal for project managers. Its so user friemdly and simple that that anyone who ever worked on excel can operate on the application. The site also has a one minute tutorial briefing the range of features offered by the application. Recently released its beta version worth having a look.. (http://askwiki.blogspot.com/2009/12/best-tool-for-project-planning.html ) If your work involves lots of planning and scheduling complex projects, i just came across a brilliant and simple project management and planning web-based application, ideal for project managers. Its so user friemdly and simple that that anyone who ever worked on excel can operate on the application. The site also has a one minute tutorial briefing the range of features offered by the application. Recently released its beta version worth having a look..

(http://askwiki.blogspot.com/2009/12/best-tool-for-project-planning.html )

]]> By: Hui... http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/11/13/chart-mistakes-poll/#comment-86021 Hui... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:38:28 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=2400#comment-86021 Shuchi Don't forget that the chart is only one picture in a story. The real story are the numbers behind. A decent boss will see through all the gloss and bling and see the real story regardless of how good or bad a chart may be. Shuchi
Don’t forget that the chart is only one picture in a story.
The real story are the numbers behind.
A decent boss will see through all the gloss and bling and see the real story regardless of how good or bad a chart may be.

]]> By: Shuchi http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/11/13/chart-mistakes-poll/#comment-85284 Shuchi Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:25:27 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=2400#comment-85284 Before I discovered PHD and PTS blog some time last year, I specialized in creating horrendous charts. Pie charts with a zillion segments, bars with 3D effect, prettified backgrounds...you get the drift. It was a jaw-dropping moment when I realized how much I was doing wrong. The irony is, <i>nobody</i> who saw those charts at my workplace realized they were bad. People Above like charts with all the needless misleading jazz. Before I discovered PHD and PTS blog some time last year, I specialized in creating horrendous charts. Pie charts with a zillion segments, bars with 3D effect, prettified backgrounds…you get the drift.

It was a jaw-dropping moment when I realized how much I was doing wrong.

The irony is, nobody who saw those charts at my workplace realized they were bad. People Above like charts with all the needless misleading jazz.

]]> By: Eric Lind http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/11/13/chart-mistakes-poll/#comment-85022 Eric Lind Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:35:20 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=2400#comment-85022 @ Chandoo: The English are probably just upset that they can't win the Championship for decades on end. =) @ Aires: Haha! @ Chandoo: The English are probably just upset that they can’t win the Championship for decades on end. =)

@ Aires: Haha!

]]> By: Aires http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/11/13/chart-mistakes-poll/#comment-84984 Aires Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:20:52 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=2400#comment-84984 O PHD readers, I am heartily sorry for having worked in a marketing consulting company, and I detest all my 3D bar charts and all my 3D pie charts because I dread the loss of significance and the pains of showing no information at all, but most of all because they offend the intelligence of my audience, o readers, Who are all good and deserving of nice information. I firmly resolve with the help of Chandoo's great website to confess my sins, to keep developing meaningful charts, and to amend my life. Amen. ;) O PHD readers,
I am heartily sorry for having worked in a marketing consulting company,
and I detest all my 3D bar charts
and all my 3D pie charts
because I dread the loss of significance
and the pains of showing no information at all,
but most of all because they offend the intelligence of my audience, o readers,
Who are all good and deserving of nice information.
I firmly resolve with the help of Chandoo’s great website
to confess my sins, to keep developing meaningful charts,
and to amend my life.
Amen. ;)

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