Yes, “see” is a bit of a stretch (“a ver la luz”? “videre lucem?”), but “see” is at least one of the meanings of ‘mirar’…

Concerning the 3D pie charts — I 100% agree. It’s a (slightly perverse) inside joke (you’ll find wonderfully awful examples on the site, with similar comments on the posts). I have most of Stephen Fewd’s books, and I would never use a 3D chart for anything except irony — see this post for more: “Data Visualization? Bling it On!”

Regards,
Timo

Just thought I would point out that “Mira” is the imperative form of Mirar, which means “to Look”, not “to See” which itself is the verb Ver. So your analogy is more akin to “look the light”??

Also the image diplayed of the 3d pie charts is not the best to use when trying to demonstrate visual BI, as pie charts in general are not a reccommended visual interpretation of data (see Stephen Few) and neither are 3d charts, and both combined together represent a pretty bad combination of visual BI.

Cheers.

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I saw this on SAP first, but thought it would be more appropriate to comment here.

I found this post (http://www.billchamberlin.com/30-analytics-trends-and-predictions-lists-for-2013/) very helpful in terms of trends, but it is from January, hence your post is not there, maybe shoot Bill an e-mail to get included.

Also, quick question, this recent post on insurance and BI (http://bit.ly/11HX4MP) got me thinking about how big data is helping create more efficient insurance premiums, how does the integration work with medical establishments? And if you have any links (case studies particularly) on big data & hospitals, it would be awesome.

Thanks,

Hristo

Neuigkeiten von der SAPPHIRE NOW in Orlando…

Hi zusammen, \\ diese Woche (14. bis 16. Mai) fand die Kundenkonferenz “SAPPHIRE NOW” in Orlando statt, auf der SAP natürlich wieder einige neue Produkte vorgestellt hat. Ein paar der Neuheiten möchte ich euch im Folgenden kurz vorstellen…….

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