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Theresa-Marie Rhyne

Blue and Yellow: A Matter of Complements

Very often the combination of blue and yellow suggests the color green. In this writing I provide a different perspective on this combination. I discuss..

Christen Spehr

Five Ways to Teach Math as an Art Form

Some days it feels like my first words were, “I hate math.” There’s a stereotype that creative ‘right-brainers’ can’t do math, and as a writer..

Rachel Costa

Data + Women Quarterly: Finding Your Path in the Data & Tech Industry

Hello everyone! I’m Rachel, one of the co-organisers of the Data + Women network. Nice to meet you! For those who have never heard of..

Milán Janosov

50 Years of Oscars: Acting Success and Collaboration

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, have been one of the most prestigious awards in the film industry for nearly a century, acknowledging..

Tyler Freeman

Does Twitter’s Algorithm Hate Your Friends?

I love Twitter. Well, I love my community on Twitter. I love learning about new art, new events, scientific discoveries, and social movements new and..

Michael Friendly

Colorless Green Graphs Sleep Furiously: A Conversation with Leland Wilkinson

This article traces some history of ideas behind Leland Wilkinson’s development of the Grammar of Graphics (and later, of ggplot2) in the form of a..

Erica Gunn

Step 1 in the Data Exploration Journey: Getting Oriented

This article is part II in a series on data exploration, and the common struggles that we all face when trying to learn something new...

Alexandra Khoo

Blog This: Transforming How Students Engage and Learn from Visualization Research

What started out as an experiment by Professor Niklas Elmqvist to make student work more meaningful gave rise to VisUMD. It’s a Medium blog that..

Yuliia Nikitina

How to Create a Pivot Marimekko Chart in Plain JavaScript

You have probably already seen many different articles on bar and pie charts. It’s enough to suggest that they are the only chart options available..

Milán Janosov

Is There a Happy Ending for the Peaky Blinders?

Peaky Blinders is an award-winning historical drama series produced by BBC Studios. The show is set between the two world wars and is centered around..

Mary Aviles

REVIEW: Mindworks – The Science of Thinking

Researchers and analysts are always seeking new ways to engage people, to help their insights feel meaningful to their audiences. Action is rarely generated from..

Theresa-Marie Rhyne

Very Peri Pantone 2022 Divergence for Data Visualization

There are situations in data visualization where your client asks you to build a color scheme around a specific color and also contrast data values..

Jonathan Schwabish & Claire McKay Bowen

Data4Kids: A Collaborative Project to Teach Kids about Data

When the COVID-19 pandemic first shut down in-person learning, we knew education wouldn’t be the same. How could kids—especially younger kids in elementary and middle..

William Careri

Designing for Neurodivergent Audiences

When a group of autistic individuals coined the term neurodiversity in an attempt to redefine their identity, few would accurately predict the impact it would..

Charles Miglietti

Effective Data Visualizations Should Focus on Narrative, Not Numbers

Data visualization is an incredibly powerful tool — but too often, it’s underutilized or simply misused by brands and other organizations. That’s not just because people..

Mollie Pettit

Creating an Inclusive Global Dataviz Conference

It’s amazing to me to think that Amy, Elijah, and I launched The Data Visualization Society just three years ago. I am now about to..

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