I haven't attended, but that hasn't stopped me from sending folks to the course. "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information" is a book I recommend highly, and give away about as frequently as Steve McConnell's "Code Complete".

From what I gather, though, the courses focus more on delivering effective presentations than the books do. One neat thing they cover in the course is the Gettysburg PowerPoint presentation. Enjoy: http://www.norvig.com/Gettysburg/

-----Original Message----- From: Fehd, Ronald J. (PHPPO) [mailto:rjf2@CDC.GOV] Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 9:38 AM To: SAS-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: OT: Tufte: Presenting Data and Information

http://www.edwardtufte.com/408248802/tufte/

has anyone attended Tufte's seminar on Presenting Data and Information? http://www.edwardtufte.com/408248802/tufte/courses or read any of his books? http://www.edwardtufte.com/408248802/tufte/books_vdqi http://www.edwardtufte.com/408248802/tufte/books_ei http://www.edwardtufte.com/408248802/tufte/books_visex http://www.edwardtufte.com/408248802/tufte/books_textb http://www.edwardtufte.com/408248802/tufte/books_pp

Ron Fehd the macro maven CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2@cdc.gov

looks like he is a guy who takes seriously the maxim:

Your task is simple: remove the difference between how things should be and how they really are. -- Ashleigh Brilliant pot-shot #4247