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The Punctuation Guide

About a month ago I posted about The Data Visualisation Catalogue. If you have data to visualise, hit up this website, tell it what you’re trying to show, and it will suggest some appropriate chart/graph types.

Today I’ve come across another single-purpose website that I think is great, and it’s audience is intended to be a little more general than people who want to visualise their datasets.

It’s The Punctuation Guide!

When I discovered it I fully expected not to learn anything new, merely to receive confirmation that my use of punctuation was already top-notch.

I was, of course, incorrect.

Check out the site to see what you’ve been doing incorrectly your whole life! One word of caution: the guide is intended primarily for writers of American English. There’s a page that explains the main differences between that and British English. Here in Canada you should probably be doing something in-between the two, but if you’re looking for specifics I’m the wrong person to ask.

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The Data Visualisation Catalogue

Last week I was writing a recommendation document relating to reporting within our business unit at work. I’d done some data gathering about the current-state situation and I had a wealth of information about a large number of reports that are produced and sent out.

I needed a visual way to summarize my some of my findings.

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Data Visualisation Catalogue to the rescue!

I loved this site immediately, and you just might too. You tell it what you’re trying to show, and it suggests appropriate tools.

The site is already very useful, and it’s still growing. If you want to interact with the author then twitter is your friend.