I was invited to a restaurant with a "Smart Casual" dress code and in my attempt to find out what that was I ran across this chart. I thought it was very clever and helpful and now I'd like to see more graphical representations comparing the various levels of dress codes. Have you seen any? Or do you know where I can find others?
posted by simplethings on Aug 13, 2009 - 3 answers

How can I find sales stats and chart statistics for books released over the past 30 years? [more inside]
posted by arniec on Aug 4, 2009 - 4 answers

Excel charting help: Help me analyze sales stats based on salesperson tenure. [more inside]
posted by samuelad on Mar 7, 2009 - 6 answers

Has someone made a list of all the types of charts/graphs/visualization types say from the books by Bretin / Tufte / Tukey etc? Wikipedia has something similar here: Diagrams or Charts. The idea is a simple list of graph names/techniques that one can quickly scan through while planning an infoviz. Anyone?
posted by whiterussian on Jan 9, 2009 - 4 answers

Pie Chart Help. How do I make my pie charts look like this one? [more inside]
posted by kjars on Sep 23, 2008 - 6 answers

Looking for some good information on digital dashboards. [more inside]
posted by AceRock on Sep 11, 2008 - 2 answers

How might I go about getting ahold of the org charts of other companies? [more inside]
posted by mockjovial on Sep 5, 2008 - 8 answers

I'd like to create a project timeline guide that does not have dates. It is a general guide which indicates at what point in the process a certain action takes place. The timeline would actually be more comprised of several different time lines that overlap. Timelines a, b, and c (etc) wouldn't correspond to individuals but rather larger tasks that are occuring concurrently. I also would need to easily be able to export/print this timeline. My question is: is there a free program that I can use to create this? I have access to photoshop and illustrator but I'd rather not use those. I'm using a Mac running 10.5
posted by Waitwhat on Sep 3, 2008 - 2 answers

I need to design some really cool (elegant but very simple and clean) charts and/or graphs for a small brochure... any good resources you can point me to for inspiration? (Preferably websites, not books. I'm working on this tonight.) [more inside]
posted by miss lynnster on Sep 1, 2008 - 5 answers

Any ideas on starting or running a website just for data and charts? [more inside]
posted by gnossos on Aug 28, 2008 - 5 answers

Can you help me find a chart I once saw online that ranked countries by how many other countries its citizens could enter without a visa. I believe Finland and the U.S. came out on the top--most Middle Eastern countries near the bottom. Can anyone help me find this again? I'm pretty sure it was from a research institution or think tank.
posted by whitewall on Jul 29, 2008 - 5 answers

How do I format an entire data series for a chart in Illustrator CS3? [more inside]
posted by special-k on Apr 23, 2008 - 4 answers

How can I pimp my PowerPoint? [more inside]
posted by colecovizion on Mar 31, 2008 - 7 answers

Is there a special name for a this type of chart, in this case it is one showing the nuclear fuel recycling capability of a CANDU reactor? Or do I just call it a flowchart, that happens to have a very visually appealing way of showing a complex cycle?
posted by Space Coyote on Mar 30, 2008 - 4 answers

Powerpoint Filter: How can I set the default font size for a chart axis in powerpoint 2007? [more inside]
posted by There's No I In Meme on Mar 11, 2008 - 2 answers

Excel help: How do I make a chart which displays my values as bars extending above and below a particular line. [more inside]
posted by arcticwoman on Mar 9, 2008 - 12 answers

A few years ago I saw a graph/map/info chart that displayed Napoleon's 1812 March to Russia. What was interesting about the graphic was how it displayed multiple facets of informations all at once. [more inside]
posted by tarvuz on Mar 8, 2008 - 11 answers

Isometric Charts in Visio: Though I work on a Mac, I need to produce IA documents and Wireframes that clients can open and dink with in Visio. I'd like to produce an isometric network diagram similar to that seen here, perhaps using the templates and shapes available here, but I can't seem to make it all work. Advice?
posted by aladfar on Feb 15, 2008 - 4 answers

Can you help me find funny graphs/charts to show in my university level statistics class? They don't have to be technically correct, I just want something to put onscreen while the students are coming into class. Stuff like this is ok, but SFW is preferable.
posted by arcticwoman on Jan 24, 2008 - 22 answers

Elegant and simple way to create nice-looking graphs/charts from raw data? [more inside]
posted by jbickers on Dec 13, 2007 - 10 answers

What's the easiest way to convert this ungodly mess to a nice chart or graph? [more inside]
posted by JaySunSee on Oct 20, 2007 - 6 answers

How can I make OpenOffice charts with a non-standard origin. [more inside]
posted by vilcxjo_BLANKA on Sep 18, 2007 - 2 answers

Finance: Where can I find streaming charts showing market indexes, plus currencies and NYMEX commodities/futures? Delayed data is ok; I'd just like good charts that update and which show the commodities/metals too. A lot of the charts I found don't update or don't have NYMEX.
posted by chef_boyardee on Sep 12, 2007 - 2 answers

This may be an easy one (at least I hope so - and no, it hasn't been easy for me). Is there a site, or more than one site, that is somewhat devoted to compatibilities in hardware? I'm looking at notebook cdrw/dvd-rom (slim) drives and it would be nice to know which models will - ostensibly, anyway - work with which laptops. Help if you can. Thanks.
posted by zephyrbill on Mar 29, 2007 - 5 answers

Thoughts on apps for making web charts (FusionCharts, Swiff/GlobFX, Dundas, Aspose, PopCharts, etc.)? [more inside]
posted by geremiah on Feb 28, 2007 - 5 answers

Help me create awesome 3D graphs/charts in OS X. [more inside]
posted by AMP583 on Oct 27, 2006 - 6 answers

I need help charting information in a way that's intuitive. [more inside]
posted by argybarg on Jul 31, 2006 - 14 answers

I would like to make a chart like this to track my daily computer usage. Any ideas on how I could do this? Any free software you can recommend? Any way of doing it with Excel? [more inside]
posted by bubukaba on Jun 1, 2006 - 6 answers

How can I find updated cd/download sale reports online? [more inside]
posted by visual mechanic on Feb 27, 2006 - 4 answers

In Excel 2002 when I create a PivotChart and apply a custom or user-defined chart type (in this instance a 2-axis line chart), the chart type reverts to a standard single-axis line chart whenever I modify one of the PivotFields. How do I prevent this? [more inside]
posted by Ritchie on Nov 30, 2005 - 3 answers

What are some of the most overtly religious modern pop/rock/mainstream songs that sound great, and more importantly believable, in their devotion rather than jusy cringeworthy or preachy? Preachy titles also welcomed for comparison.
posted by fire&wings on Oct 17, 2005 - 70 answers

Anyone know how to get periodically-updated 5-year charts of the NASDAQ Composite's (IXIC or ^IXIC) Price/Earnings ratio? [more inside]
posted by ZenMasterThis on Oct 13, 2005 - 5 answers

Thanks to this, I'm trying to find out what the top-selling single was when I was born (Dec. 4th 1982).
posted by Tlogmer on Mar 23, 2005 - 48 answers

I am looking for software that will generate charts and graphs that isn't Excel. [MI] [more inside]
posted by donovan on Feb 16, 2005 - 16 answers

How do I change the matrix of the legend in an Excel chart? I have 1x6, and I want 3x2.
posted by trharlan on Nov 19, 2004 - 4 answers

I'm looking for software that can draw a kind of "network diagram", showing the all the links between entities, and arranging the entities/lines automatically on the page. For instance, I've always wanted to draw a big diagram showing everyone I know, then draw lines between the people I know who know each other. Ideally, I'd like to be able to enter, simply, each persons name, and a list of all the people they know, and have it generate the diagram from that. I see this kind of thing all the time on the web - diagrams of what sites link to each other, or what bands sound like each other - but is there a simple Windows program that will do the same thing? [more inside]
posted by Jimbob on Jun 19, 2004 - 12 answers

I need to create some charts (as in bar-, pie-, etc.) for a presentation. I have used Excel (easy but boring), Illustrator and Freehand (slightly more complicated and exciting) for this in the past, but want to expand my repertoire. Are there any really snazzy looking, easy to use charting apps for XP? [more inside]
posted by signal on Mar 24, 2004 - 11 answers

You know the chart they hang on the end of hospital beds? Apparently there's a myth that nurses put 2 letter codes on these that describe the characteristics of the patient that annoy/irritate/disgust them most. Has anyone heard of these?
posted by kev23f on Jan 5, 2004 - 6 answers