#how_to

Embrace the Challenge to Beat Imposter Syndrome
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Imposter syndrome came up as a common struggle in October’s Topics in #Data_Visualization discussion about education on the DVS Slack channel. When talking about..

#Business_Intelligence #Design #How_To

A Network Map of The Witcher
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The Witcher, a fantasy novel series by Andrzej Sapkowski, has inspired multiple computer games and was even launched on Netflix in 2019, with the latest..

#affinity_mapping #Data_Visualization #How_To #Maps #social_network_mapping

Visualizing Hispaniola
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With the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, the kidnapping of 17-foreign born missionaries, and a destructive earthquake which left thousands dead, Haiti is once again..

#Data_Journalism #Data_Visualization #How_To #Maps #Tools

Does #Data_Visualization Have #rules? Or Is It All Just “It Depends”?
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tl;dr: In the data visualization community, there are those who believe that there are universal rules such as “Never use pie #Charts”, or, “Always include..

#Business_Intelligence #decision_trees #Design #design_decisions #How_To

#Review: Edith Young’s #color Scheme Is the Whimsical #Data_Visualization Book We Need Right Now
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Color Scheme, An Irreverent History of Art and Pop Culture in Color Palettes is not your typical data visualization book. It may be due to..

#book_review #books #Community #How_To

#drawing Data with Kids
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For many of us, the pandemic has merged the two worlds of “home” and “office.” On the rare occasions that I used to work from..

#Charts #Data_Visualization #How_To #Kids_Dataviz

Five Questions to Ask When Starting Out in Dataviz at a Consulting Firm
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Within the #Data_Visualization Society we frequently talk about the growing availability of full-time data visualization opportunities, including working as a data visualization consultant. If..

#Career #Community #Early_Career #Get_Work #How_To

#color Scheming from a Vintage Visualization
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In this writing, I discuss #How_To build fresh color schemes from a vintage visualization. I use a bubble chart created in the 1890s as..

#color_deficiency #color_theory #Data_Visualization #Tools

“What are you going to write for your second?” – An interview with Kenneth Field
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Recently, I had the chance to interview Kenneth Field about his newly published book, Thematic Mapping: 101 Inspiring Ways to Visualise Empirical Data. Kenneth is..

#cartography #Data_Journalism #Data_Visualization #How_To #information_design #Maps

#dashboards Are Not Data Stories
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A few months ago, a longtime client asked if my data communication consultancy could build out a dashboard display for health collaboratives in California doing..

#Charts #data_storytelling #Data_Visualization #How_To #information_design #storytelling

I’ve Stopped Using #box_plots. Should You?
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tl;dr: After having explained #How_To read box plots to thousands of workshop participants, I now believe that they’re poorly conceived (box plots, not workshop..

#Business_Intelligence #Charts #Data_Science #Data_Visualization #statistics

How I Survived Being a New Mum Using My Dataviz Goggles
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I found out that I was pregnant with my first child in the middle of the first lockdown. I was sitting at my favourite spot..

#Charts #Data_Humanism #How_To #motherhood

#cognitive_load as a Guide: 12 Spectrums to Improve Your Data Visualizations
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The internet is brimming with tidy lists of #Data_Visualization best practices, and their definitive confidence can be quite comforting. But at the end of..

#Data_Literacy #How_To #information_design

Why #mental_models Matter in Data Visualization
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My three year-old son once told me, “I know how computers work: when you press a button on the keyboard, it pulls a string inside..

#How_To #user_experience #UX

#How_To Iterate on a CDC Health Advisory Graphic
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has had its hands full for the last year and a half. It’s an agency full of talented,..

#Charts #choropleth #covid-19 #Data_Visualization #Maps

THE KIDS’ TABLE : Draw Along Dataviz
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Welcome to Draw Along Dataviz!This article is part of The Kids’ Table section on #Kids_Dataviz. This section of Nightingale is filled with mini-lessons and..

#Charts #Data_Visualization #How_To

How I Used #Data_Visualization to Showcase My #Career Trajectory
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In our professional lives, every now and then we have opportunities to share our career trajectory with different audiences. For example, we may share with..

#Charts #How_To

Highlights from the DVS #Accessibility Fireside Chat
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On July 28, 2021, the #Data_Visualization Society hosted a Fireside Chat to discuss accessibility in data visualization. I moderated a panel of #Community members..

#How_To #skill_development #usability #user_testing

Creating a Perceptual Uniform Color Scheme By Combining I Want Hue And Viz Palette
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In this writing, I discuss #How_To use the “i want hue” web app with Viz Palette to create perceptually uniform color schemes for data..

#color_deficiency #color_theory #Data_Visualization #Tools

Comment faire accepter vos designs à vos clients ?
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To read the English version, click here. Les clients sont un bouc émissaire facile pour nos échecs en tant que designers. Nous aimons penser que c’est..

#Client_Engagement #Data_Visualization #Design_Process #français #French #How_To #information_design

#How_To in #Grafana - Part 2: Creating Interactive Dashboards
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This is the second article in a series about Grafana. Part 1 was an intro, demonstrating how to create a simple static dashboard using Grafana,..

#Business_Intelligence #Data_Visualization #Tools

#spotlight: How Racially Diverse Are The Oscars, Really?
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This article spotlights Ali Tehrani’s #Design process. This visualization was featured as Tableau’s Viz of the Day on April 26, 2021.Earlier this year, I came..

#Community #Data_Journalism #Data_Visualization #equity #How_To

#Brazil Deforests the Amazon by Areas Equivalent to the Size of 230 Manhattans Annually
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The Amazon is important not just for Brazil, but also for the whole world. Here are four of the many reasons:1) PrecipitationThrough transpiration, the Amazon..

#Charts #climate_change #Data_Visualization #deforestation #environment #How_To #Power_BI #Tools

Using Infographics to Make #climate_change More Visible to the Public
▻https://nightingaledvs.com/using-infographics-to-make-climate-change-more-visible-to-the-public

Climate change may not be a directly observable phenomenon, but its impacts are currently threatening the lives of all living organisms. Although the majority of..

#Charts #Data_Science #Data_Visualization #Design #engagement #environment #How_To #interactive_dataviz

Color Brewing the Perfect Storm
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Today, I describe my previous 2008 efforts to colorize a Perfect Storm data simulation while I was at the Renaissance Computing Institute at North Carolina State University...

#climate #color_theory #Data_Visualization #How_To #Tools #visualization