Just wrapping up my promotion of the Strata ‘Making Data Work’ Conference taking place on 1-3 February. Last week I launched a quickfire Twitter raffle for one lucky person to win a free full pass to the Strata conference. Thanks to all who entered by re-tweeting or mentioning the post. Entry closed at 12:00 UK […]
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Following my recent visualisation contest I am delighted to announce that, thanks to the kind folks at O’Reilly, I have a second free pass to give away for one lucky person to attend the Strata ‘Making Data Work’ Conference in February. With time running out before the event kicks off on the 1st February I’m
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I hope all readers and visitors have had a pleasant break over the past week or so. Things have been pretty quiet on this site and recently across the blogosphere (hate that word but it does the job) but judging by the increased number of feeds and tweets I’ve been picking up today, it seems
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
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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
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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
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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
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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 »