Matt Cowgill

as an FT subscriber, it’s really frustrating your newsletter is Premium only!

What is the workflow for getting comments and edits from the client? That’s what keeps me and many from going all-Quarto (until {redoc} is revived)

when making a new graph/chart/whatever you really have to ask yourself these two questions imo

1) is this chart/map better than a table
2) is this chart/map better than a bar chart

nope

want to compare two numbers? Bar chart. Add more numbers? Bar chart. Want to add another category of numbers to sit alongside the first? Believe it or not: bar chart.

want to compare two numbers? Bar chart. Add more numbers? Bar chart. Want to add another category of numbers to sit alongside the first? Believe it or not: bar chart.

the unfortunate truth re: data visualisation is that you really do gotta hand it to bar charts

Is the MLB pitch clock the greatest modern rule change of any professional sport?

dunno, but if you figure it out let me know

I’ve forgotten how to do those

that’s right, I’m back on Bluesky, you’re welcome

when did we decide, as a society, that “cohort” is just a synonym for “group” rather than specifically a group that shares some time-invariant characteristic(s)

you’re right, that is self-recommending

It was a post looking for pointers to AI critics and sceptics. I shouldn’t have ended it with a crack at Z*tr*n. I was not looking for a fight, I was looking for links.

I don’t, in fact, want a fight

great to make friends, online

thanks

the joke is that Americans imagine themselves as the centre of the universe, and lots of things — like subways — are absurdly believed to be an “only in New York” kind of thing. People who know & follow me understood; it’s not intended for randos combing my timeline looking for something to dunk on

I am not American, and this was a joke at Americans’ expense. It’s not for you!

thanks!

have you ever considered the possibility that this simply went over your head

Thank you!

I think you’ve imagined a guy and now you’re furiously debating that imagined guy

awesome, ta

Cheers, will watch!

I have, alas, forgotten my golden rule: Never Post

Someone always takes things a step too far

Reading the deck is obviously a fail. But regardless of whether the slides are read aloud, if they contain enough detail that they’d work as a standalone doc then they cannot work well as a presentation aide.

Sure. Not part of the deck.