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Intelligent Enterprise blog, by Seth Grimes, May 21, 2009,

Visualizations graphically represent information. As I related in connection to my image gallery, "See Connections with Visualization," "Building on the foundation of basic charting, data graphics and dashboard displays, the growing palate of visualization makes analyses more accessible and understandable to a general business audience -- as well as to seasoned BI professionals." Yet visualizations can be no better than the information and analyses that feed them. Let's use Wordle, an excellent "toy," to explore the trade-off between easy-to-use, attractive visualization for the masses and true, deep sense-making. Factoring in semantic considerations discussed over 50 years ago, it is unfortunately clear that Wordle images miss meaning.

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