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Microsoft to patent Tufte's sparklines?

Microsoft has filed a patent application for sparklines and Edward Tufte, who came up with the idea for sparklines, is wondering what to do about it. (via waxy)

By Jason Kottke  •  Nov 19, 2009  •  Edward Tufte   Microsoft   patents   sparklines

Jeff Veen: "Today, a completely redesigned version

Jeff Veen: "Today, a completely redesigned version of Google Analytics is launching, bringing a lot of the simplicity and data visualization techniques we learned building Measure Map to a whole new scale." They aren't switching everyone right away (no love for me yet) but you can read this post and get an idea of what to expect. Also: sparklines!

By Jason Kottke  •  May 8, 2007  •  Google   googleanalytics   Jeff Veen   sparklines

Script for producing sparklines (a la Edward Tufte) in Photoshop.

Script for producing sparklines (a la Edward Tufte) in Photoshop.

By Jason Kottke  •  Jul 21, 2006  •  Edward Tufte   infoviz   Photoshop   sparklines

I love the little sparkline graphs on

I love the little sparkline graphs on information aesthetics (right sidebar). That's some information richness. Must check out the Sparkline PHP Graphing Library at some point.

By Jason Kottke  •  Oct 28, 2005  •  Edward Tufte   infoviz   sparklines

A craigslist missed connection for any of

A craigslist missed connection for any of the hot women who were in the audience for Edward Tufte's lecture. Not too picky, this guy, he'll take any beautiful woman who was there. Quick, someone snap him up before he makes another sparklines pun.

By Jason Kottke  •  Aug 5, 2005  •  Craigslist   dating   Edward Tufte   infoviz   love   sparklines

Sparklines of landscapes of a few American states

Sparklines of landscapes of a few American states. The one for Missouri has a little arch while the Iowa sparkline is almost flat.

By Jason Kottke  •  May 31, 2005  •  Edward Tufte   graphs   infoviz   sparklines

Chapter on sparklines

Tufte has revised his chapter on sparklines. Sparklines are "intense, simple, word-sized graphics".

By Jason Kottke  •  Jun 1, 2004  •  Beautiful Evidence   books   Edward Tufte   infoviz   sparklines

Sparklines

Sparklines are "intense word-sized graphics". From Tufte's upcoming book, Beautiful Evidence

By Jason Kottke  •  Mar 1, 2004  •  3 comments  •  Beautiful Evidence   books   Edward Tufte   infoviz   sparklines

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