Over the past two days, a group of us attended Edward Tufte's workshop on "Presenting Data and Information." For those of you who are not acquainted, Tufte (Professor Emeritus at Yale University) is the brightest light in the art (design) and science (cognitive study) of presenting all forms of data. He has authored a handful of remarkable books, each of which would be of interest to anyone working in this information-intense environment.

A bunch of our art directors/designers went to the workshop, as well as Steve Lynch and Trina Arnett our newly minted Director of Research and Measurement. And we all left with new perspectives, refreshing arguments on presentation integrity, and a boatload of insights that we will be incorporating into our work product.

Tufte runs numerous workshops all over the country. I can't recommend them highly enough. Hit one. Here's more information: http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/courses