Robbie Allen: Data visualizations do not actually tell stories
Robbie Allen · Robbie Allen, Automated insights // Data Driven #28 // June 2014 (Hosted by FirstMark Capital) · Jun 26, 2014 · at 7:37
Robbie Allen, CEO of Automated Insights, challenges the marketing premise of visual analytics platforms like Tableau at Data Driven NYC.
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“Despite companies like Tableau and others that like to talk about how visualizations tell a story, they actually don't tell stories.”
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