The James Altucher Show

323 - David McCandless: Visual Storytelling: Transforming Data into Stories through Infographics

Episode Summary

David McCandless is the #1 data visualization expert. But what is that? “Data visualization?” Simply: it’s a better way to tell stories. Show Notes:  “Visual Miscellaneum: The Bestselling Classic, Revised and Updated: A Colorful Guide to...

Episode Notes

David McCandless is the #1 data visualization expert. But what is that? “Data visualization?” Simply: it’s a better way to tell stories.

Show Notes: 

“Visual Miscellaneum: The Bestselling Classic, Revised and Updated: A Colorful Guide to the World's Most Consequential Trivia” by David McCandless

“Knowledge Is Beautiful: Impossible Ideas, Invisible Patterns, Hidden Connections--Visualized” David McCandless

Visit David’s website - informationisbeautiful.net

Watch David’s TED Talk - The Beauty of Data Visualization - which now has over 2.5 million views

These are a few of David’s infographics we talk about in the podcast (most have been updated)

One of the first infographics from 1869 by Charles Minard depicting Napoleon’s March in Russia in 1812.

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