Datasmoothie allows users who have created reports to download them as PDF files. Sometimes the interactive web charts aren’t what the doctor ordered and a more sombre PDF is called for.
While Googling for different Python implementations of graphs I was unlucky enough to come across a Microsoft Excel help site. Don’t get me wrong, Excel is an awsome product. But it has long been an enabler for uglyness (remember the gray background?).
The help site I happened upton describes the above graph excitedly:
Using Microsoft office 2007, you can quickly turn your data into a pie chart, and then give that pie chart a spiffy professional look.
While I’m not in the “pie charts are evil” camp I do think they’re overused. Hint: Don’t use pie charts if you have more than three variables. But In 3d? Like a flying saucer? Only if you’re after the spiffy and professional look.