December 2021, Nightingale

Milán Janosov

A Network Map of The Witcher

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..

Goof van de Winkel

ENCORE: 14 Takeaways from the Latest S-H-O-W Event

In the last year, Graphic Hunters has moved the S-H-O-W event about data visualisation to the virtual stage. The overall topic of the latest event..

Rajesh Sigdel

Visualizing Hispaniola

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..

Theresa-Marie Rhyne

My Journey in Un-Colorizing a Data Visualization

In this writing, I discuss my adventure in transitioning my “Process of Colorizing a Data Visualization” to a Greyscale illustration. I learned that it was actually a..

Nick Desbarats

Does Data Visualization Have Rules? Or Is It All Just “It Depends”?

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..

Erin Waldron

A Poet’s Perspective: Seven Reasons Why Your Dataviz Team Should Include an Analyst from the Humanities

I was once auto-rejected from a job I had written for myself. After several interviews, my soon-to-be manager asked me to delineate the responsibilities I..

Evelina Judeikytė

Register for Outlier!

You can now get your ticket for the global virtual Outlier 2022 event! Like last year, we offer multiple pricing options because we don’t want..

Simone Betito

REVIEW: Edith Young’s Color Scheme Is the Whimsical Data Visualization Book We Need Right Now

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..

Amanda Makulec

What Does the Work of a DVS Board Member Look Like?

We’re excited to be accepting candidates for six open roles on the DVS Board for the 2022-2023 term. You can learn all about the nomination..

Julia Schaeman

REVIEW: Diaries of the Evergreen Data Academy

I first heard of Stephanie Evergreen in 2012 when I finished my graduate studies and moved to Atlanta, GA. Our company was bringing her in..

Elle Gover

Dataviz Horror Stories: Jon Schwabish

Jon Schwabish, co-author with Alice Feng of the “Do No Harm” guide, tells his children five things: Be honest Be kind Be respectful Be hard..

Claire Santoro

Three Questions With… Julie Brunet (aka datacitron)

This content originally appeared as part of The ‘Gale, Nightingale’s biweekly newsletter. Building on her former position as a literature teacher and five years as..

Month: December 2021