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This month, I visited the Emerging Patterns exhibition at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library in Toronto, where curators Aurora Mendelsohn, Anthony Gray and Kelly Schultz had hand-picked books from the library’s unique collection…
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What do you do when a company has moved into new offices, tripled its staff (!) and is turning six years old? You throw…
In a way, this blog post started over 15 years ago when I studied inequality and the United Nations’ Human Development Index. So, naturally,…
This is the blog post that I wish I would have found when I got invited to speak at a data conference and decided…
While we hold that bar charts should start at zero, there is no such expectation for line charts. But you’ll always find someone on…
Data visualisation is a language for humans. Computers and machines are fine with raw data. On the other hand, humans are often interested in…
Holding my plate, I spotted a participant eating alone. “Thanks for saving me a seat”, I said as I sat with him. As we…
It doesn’t matter if you kick a ball, ride a horse, dance with skates or race down a hill: all sports tell the same…
Finding the right concept is my favourite part of doing data visualisation. It depends on understanding the topic, the message and the audience and…
What does banking look like, in one image? How about evaluation? And training? That was the easy part. Now, what about the need to…
On Twitter, Matt Notowidigbo, Associate Professor of Economics at Northwestern University, has started a very interesting thread. I want to start a Twitter thread!(*) QUESTION:…
