The Work of Edward Tufte

Representing information in proper and interesting ways is much harder than most people think, and sadly, seldom done well.  Professor Tufte's books and seminars on visual communication and data representation are great reminders that we must think about every dimension -- from the clarity to the complexity.  He has a book on how PowerPoint can...

"weaken verbal and spatial reasoning, and almost always corrupt statistical analysis."

Link: The Work of Edward Tufte and Graphics Press.