On Friday I announced the two finalists battling it out in my ‘visualisations in the wild’ contest. Over the weekend and right up to an hour ago I’ve been inundated with email messages, tweets and post comments from readers casting their vote for which visualisation they believe best captures the essence of this competition. The […]
‘Visualisations in the wild’ contest: The winner! Read More »
A couple of weeks ago I launched a contest for one lucky reader to win a full conference pass to the O’Reilly Strata ‘Making Data Work’ conference taking place in Santa Clara, CA in February 2011.
‘Visualisations in the wild’ contest final: vote for your winner! Read More »
It almost passed me by unnoticed but I realised I made my 100th blog post yesterday and so I felt justified to compile a self-indulgent post to celebrate the fact. For those of you from non-cricket playing nations, 100 not out is terminology used to describe a player who has reached the treasured milestone of
Visualising Data – 100 not out… Read More »
You may have seen a recent post where I published details of a great event being held in February 2011. The O’Reilly Strata ‘Making Data Work’ conference will bring together a unique blend of professionals, experts and innovators from all walks of the data world, including a very strong visualisation presence. For those who can
Visualisation Contest: Send a great example from ‘the wild’ Read More »
I’m delighted to have agreed a media partnership with O’Reilly to help promote a great conference coming up in 2011. The inaugural O’Reilly Strata Conference ‘Making Data Work’ will be held from February 1st to 3rd 2011 in the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara and Santa Clara Convention Center, California. I will be announcing details next
Highly recommended conference + reader offer Read More »
I’m very excited to be making my first ever visit to New York in a few days time. Besides trying to fit in 2 weeks work into 5 days, every other spare minute is being taken up organising a military-like itinerary to ensure I don’t miss out on a single sight or activity whilst I’m
We’ll be back after a short break… Read More »
I’m allowing a bit of self indulgence today as I celebrate 6 months of Visualising Data. These first 6 months have seen a steady but satisfying growth in visitors, page views, subscribers and followers across the various ways of consuming my posts. Some of the key metrics used to track my site’s growth are strangely
Visualising Data is 6 months old! Read More »
No, I’m not launching a career in the blues, but as I have done on a couple of occasions in the past, and more for my own benefit than anybody else, I just wanted to capture some thoughts about the status and progress of the site. Feeds Stats I woke up this morning… and discovered I
Woke up this morning… Read More »
Lazy pun, I know, but it’s hard not to be lethargic after the fantastic weather we’ve had here in England. According to records it is the first consecutive Friday, Saturday and Sunday sequence where we have had nice weather since 1836. That’s not entirely true but it feels like it. Anyway, whilst this post is
Visitors to the site will notice a new collection of icons and links on the right sidebar that connect to the Visualising Data social web accounts and channels. These provide a range of different platforms to digest and access the opinion, information, examples and resources that I publish on this site. The RSS feeds have been
Visualising Data in all shapes and sizes! Read More »