From: "Pat Harrell" <pharrell-AT-engr.uga.edu>
Date: 03 Dec 2007 15:36:26 UTC   (10:36:26 AM in author's locale)
To: "'The Graphics List'" <graphics-AT-lists.graphicslist.org>

Hey Michael, did you discover that the graph is interactive? If you click on
it, as you move your cursor it shows the score at any given time in the
game! Before I noticed that, I was thinking that the graph needed a little
more data on the timeline. - Pat

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:graphics-AT-lists.graphicslist.org] On Behalf Of Michael Brady
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 10:10 AM
> To: The Graphics List
> Subject: Good graph, Batman!
>
> When I first encountered his work many years ago, I took Tufte's
> remarks about good and bad graphs and other graphical displays of
> quantitative information very seriously. Often, I see ho-hum graphs,
> tedious charts, and the like.
>
> But ESPN uses one graph quite effectively. See, for example:
>
> sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap
>
> Scroll down below the "Game Leaders" table on the right. The next
> item is a graph that shows the progress of the score through the
> game. The colors of the lines correspond to the teams' main colors
> (in this case, Texas is burnt orange and UCLA is blue). And the
> vertical line is the halftime mark.
>
> I think this is very effective.

> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
> Michael Brady
> www.michaelbradydesign.com


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