Members Only: Using Transparency in R to Improve Clarity
When you plot a lot of data at once, points and lines can obscure others and hide patterns. Transparency can help reveal what is really there.
Loving beautiful things
Lance Hosey, for The New York Times, on design, beauty, and functionality.
We think of great design as art, not science, a mysterious gift from the gods, not something that results just from diligent and informed study. But if every designer understood more about the mathematics of attraction, the mechanics of affection, all design — from houses to cellphones to offices and cars — could both look good and be good for you.
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