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A word on visuals: An alternative to the bullseye diagram

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A particular type of diagram that I often have problem with is the bullseye diagram. Bullseye diagram The problem is text placement. Some people, including me, opt to place the text outside the diagram and connect to it using lines or arrows. A bullseye diagram conveys the idea of a core and its subsequent layers. It is a hierarchy diagram with the center been the most important part, the core if you will. A slide that I didn't show in the last post was a simplification of diagram I would called a Earth's Layers diagram: Source: Wikimedia Commons In essence, it is the bullseye diagram in 3D. I wanted to visualise the following layered hierarchy 1. Principles 2. Methodologies 3. Tools. At the core are the principles, followed by the methodologies, and tools as the final layer. My plan was to place the text on x-y plane. I ended up not using the earth's layers diagram because I couldn't modified the above diagram to have only three layers. So  instead I c

Visual Examples: Principles and Smells

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Yeah, I'm back.  These are sample visuals for a coming presentation on some basics of software development target for a none technical audience. Commons The background is a linear gradient from #DFDFDF to #FFFFFF with no transparency, and except for the images, the only colors are orange ( #EB9D3F ) and blue ( #3B85A7 ). The font is Open Sans, which I like more and more. As with as Roboto it is was commissioned by Google and is free. Images The images are from Wikimedia Commons, some of them are either Feature Images of Quality Images. I had to desaturate them in order to gain control back of the overall aesthetics. #1 Principles Principles slide with layout number 1 #2 Smells Smells refer to problems caused when one doesn't follow the principles.  I purposely changed the layout to reflect this. Smells slide with layout number 2 As an exercise I did the smells slide with the principles layout number 1… Smells slide redone with layout number 1