Tag: Data Visualization

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Victor Muñoz & Kevin Ford

Implementing the Solution Framework in a Social Impact Project

Those who know me will see that I love documenting every step of my data visualization process. I believe there’s so much to learn from..
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Jennifer Frazier

Beyond Storytelling With Data: Guidelines for Designing Exploratory Visualizations

Visualizations are essential for telling the stories of science. Through visualized data we can be transported to far off nebulas or trace our genetic connections..
This image shows a virtual mentorship meeting between two individuals. The main focus is on a man wearing headphones and glasses, smiling warmly while holding a mug with both hands. In the bottom right corner, a smaller video frame shows a woman, his mentee, with her eyes closed and a slight smile on her face, engaged in the conversation. The atmosphere seems relaxed and friendly, suggesting a positive and comfortable mentoring relationship.S
Christopher Laubenthal & Saloni Goel

Schools of Thought: The DVS Mentorship Program

Friendship can feel effortless as a child. Yet as we step into adulthood, human connection becomes more difficult. Given the plethora of articles on this..
A book cover titled "Taming the Machine: Ethically Harness the Power of AI" by Nell Watson. The cover features a dark blue background with the title text in large, light blue and white font. Below the title is an abstract, wavy line graphic, representing the flow of information or signals. The author's name is at the bottom in bold white text. The Kogan Page logo is in the lower right corner. The background outside the book cover is a light blue field with a pattern of black dots creating a wavy, grid-like effect, enhancing the sense of digital or AI-related content.R
Catherine Ramsdell

Review of Nell Watson’s Taming the Machine: Ethically Harness the Power of AI

With terms like artificial super intelligence, brain-computer interface, and cyborg models peppered throughout, Nell Watson’s book Taming the Machine: Ethically Harness the Power of AI..
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Nightingale Editors

DVS Mentor Spotlight: Mikael Dewabrata

The Data Visualization Society’s Mentorship Program has been instrumental in shaping the paths of aspiring individuals in our community. The mentors who make up this..
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Darren Shearer

Above the Averages

When analysing workforce data, age is often a critical metric that provides insight into the overall health and future trajectory of an organisation. However, simply..
A vibrant digital illustration with a surreal and playful design. The background is a bright turquoise. On the left side, there is a classical-style grayscale statue of a woman holding up a cocktail glass with an orange slice. The statue is wearing modern orange sunglasses. The number '#4' is prominently displayed in large red text in the top left corner, with the phrase 'Good morning data' below it in a stylized, red box. To the right, the title 'The vacation paradox' is written in bold, black text. Below the title, a smaller line of text reads 'A new column by Datacitron in Nightingale!' The composition combines classic art with modern, whimsical elements.G
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Good Morning Data #4 | The Vacation Paradox

The Vacation Paradox or “Why are we the most productive when we’re off?“ The domino set was missing its double 5 as well as the..
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Bahareh Zahirodini & Moinak Bhaduri

The Stuff We Cannot Sweep Under a Torn Carpet: Perfectly Imperfect Tessellations From Slices of Maslow’s Triangle

Few folks doubt the value of repetitions in any information-giving context. Shrewdly deployed, repetitions can be a powerful tool to ensure something stays memorable. Comedians..
Collected search results from the Kaggle data website showing 361,880 datasets .A
Christopher Laubenthal

AUGH! WHY IS THIS DIFFICULT? Picking a Dataset to Viz

“If you give a donkey two servings of food, equidistant apart and of equal quality, then the animal starves.” This was a saying I heard..
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Nightingale Editors

Three Questions with… Nancy Organ

on her new book, Data Visualization for People of All AgesNancy Organ is a Seattle-based data visualization practitioner and author of Data Visualization for People..
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Nightingale Editors

Five Years of the Nightingale Community!

In July 2019, a new publication emerged in the world of data visualization. Nightingale set out to fill a void in the community, offering a..
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Erica Gunn

Step 9 in the Data Exploration Journey: Chart Choices

Both the purpose and the audience for our charts shifted during that transition, and it was important to think carefully about what we needed the charts to do.
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Shri Khalpada

‘The Data Diaries’: Building a Viral Interactive Visualization of Wordle

I’ve been an avid Wordle player for a few years now. As a daily ritual, it gives me an easy way to get my brain..
Picture of the author and an extract of the data visualization with the Data Portraits of Digital Nomads at the Bansko Nomad Fest. The visualization showcases various aspects of the nomads' preferences and backgrounds.F
Victor Muñoz

Facing Shyness with Data Art

Hi, my name is Victor, and I want to share my experience using data art to overcome my social anxiety and make connections at the Bansko Nomad Fest.
Digital collage illustration featuring a Renaissance-style portrait of a woman, juxtaposed with modern graphical elements. She holds a window alert box that says 'MISSING DATA' with an 'OK' button. The background is bright yellow with blue grid patterns. Bold text reads '#3 Good morning data' and 'The c(h)art before the horse.' The design promotes 'A new column by Datacitron in Nightingale!'G
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Good Morning Data #3 | The C(h)art Before the Horse

I guess we all need to start somewhere, usually from a familiar spot, and mine is obviously design. I find it not always easy to embrace but I try to see it as a valid starting point, as long as I don’t forget the rest
A large dashboard full of enemies from the video game Super Mario Brothers in a straight line across the bottom. The center involves two charts that display the levels of various enemies in each world of the game.H
Christopher Laubenthal

Hidden Design: The Notes We Don’t Play

The complexity tooltips provide design has always held my attention. Tooltips are about the audience responding to our work! They allow us the opportunity to make certain information accessible indirectly, only discoverable if certain actions are taken.