From : ocn506
Micro and Macro Readings Main ideas (excerpted or paraphrased) and page number:
detail can add clarification
39 - graphical indexing can be useful instead of tables to show how science changes over time
43 - consider innovative ways to order information
50 - Tufte is really wordy sometimes :)
51 - high density of information is good, clutter is a design flaw
38 - micro/macro designs report immense detail, organized complexity through multiple and hierarchical layers of contextual reading
46 - micro/macro designs have multifunctioning graphical elements
49 - micro/macro designs portray large quantities of data at high densities
50 - micro/macro designs enforce both local and global comparisons and at the same time, avoid the disruption of context switching
51 - clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information; seek instead a rich texture of data, a comparative context, an understanding of complexity revealed with an economy of means.
