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why your baby is ugly
hello!
my name is aaron.
i live in dallas.
i do user EXPERIENCE.
i work @RACETOWIN.

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@hursman

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 Adisplay
dashboard is a visual
of the most
important information
needed to achieve
one or more objectives,
consolidated and
arranged on a single
screen so the
information can be
monitored at a glance.

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DESIGN
TECHNIQUES

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MATRIX

Daily Monthly Quarterly Yearly

Executives

District
Managers

Store
Managers

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Executives Monthly Quarterly Yearly

District Mgr Daily Monthly Quarterly

Store Mgr Daily Monthly

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CUSTOM APPS
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@hursman

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RESOURCES
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/nzdave/486742731/
Aaron Hursman Dashboard Spy
http://aaron.hursman.com http://dashboardspy.com/

Slalom Consulting Dashboards by Example

http://slalom.com http://tinyurl.com/6kktla

Perceptual Edge (Stephen Few) Many Eyes

http://www.perceptualedge.com/ http://tr.im/RU0s

Edward Tufte Tableau Software

http://www.edwardtufte.com/ http://tr.im/RTZY

BonaVista (MicroCharts) Junk Charts

http://www.bonavistasystems.com/ http://tr.im/RU05

Juice Analytics Bad Charts & Dashboards

http://juiceanalytics.com/ http://tr.im/RU0h

Jorge Camoes Charts Dundas Data Visualization

http://charts.jorgecamoes.com/ http://dundas.com/
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