If we are going to make a mark (key 21), it might as well be a meaningful one.

This is my favorite part about analytics: Taking boring flat data and bringing it to life through visualization.

The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does not ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body of data.

Visualization is often used for evil - twisting insignificant data changes and making them look meaningful. Don't do that crap if you want to be my friend. Present results clearly and honestly. If something isn't working - those reviewing results need to know.

An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem.

There is no data that can be displayed in a pie chart, that cannot be displayed BETTER in some other type of chart.

The best thing about being a statistician is that you get to play in everyone's backyard.