BLOG POSTS

Visualisingdata.com was originally launched in 2010 originally to serve as a blog to help continue the momentum of my learning from studying the subject via a Masters degree. I continue to publish articles and share announcements that track developments in my professional experiences as well as developments in the data visualisation field at large.

This is a collection of all my published posts, starting with the newest and dating back to 2010, tracking. These posts include articles, design commentaries, podcast updates, professional updates, and general news from across the data visualisation field.

Announcements

Promotional vid for my new online data viz course

I recently posted details of a new online data visualisation course I have developed for Sage Campus that is now open for registration. To assist with the marketing of the course I was asked to work with the filming team to quickly pull together a short promotional video.

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Announcements

Announcing a new online data visualisation course

Over the past few months I’ve been working hard with the team from ‘Grow Learning’ to develop a brand new online data visualisation course to be launched and offered by Sage campus. I’m delighted to announce that registration is now open for the course opening on 25th June.

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Best Ofs

Best of the visualisation web… January 2018

At the end of each month I pull together a collection of links to some of the most relevant, interesting or thought-provoking web content I’ve come across during the previous month. Here’s the latest collection from January 2018.

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Design

New project: The Malofiej Experience

Every year, for a few days during March, visual journalists, designers and developers from across the globe assemble in the city of Pamplona. The University of Navarra is the venue for the Malofiej Awards and World Summit, the annual celebration of the very best in infographic and data visualisation design

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External

Malofiej 25 film update & Interview

Busy times, people, very busy times. I’ve had to abandon the blog scene these past few weeks in order to survive the demands of my current to-do list. I’m hoping things will calm down in a few weeks and I can accelerate my post frequency from ‘rarely’ through ‘seldom’ and on to ‘sporadically’…

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Best Ofs

Best of the visualisation web… December 2017

At the end of each month I pull together a collection of links to some of the most relevant, interesting or thought-provoking web content I’ve come across during the previous month. Here’s the latest collection from December 2017.

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Field News

New tool launch: Flourish

Yesterday marked the launch of another exciting tool for data visualisation designers in the shape of Flourish. Developed by the team from the data visualisation studio, Kiln, led by Duncan Clark and Robin Houston, Flourish is a long-awaited prospect that offers a means for “non-experts to produce cutting-edge interactive data visualisations”.

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10 Significant Developments

10 significant visualisation developments: July to December 2017

To mark each mid-year and end of year milestone I try to take a reflective glance over the previous 6 months period in the data visualisation field and compile a collection of some of the most significant developments. These are the main projects, events, new sites, trends, personalities and general observations that have struck me as being important to help further the development of this field.

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Best Ofs

Best of the visualisation web… November 2017

At the end of each month I pull together a collection of links to some of the most relevant, interesting or thought-provoking web content I’ve come across during the previous month. Here’s the latest collection from November 2017.

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Announcements

What’s coming up?

With one week to go until a Christmas and New Year’s break that can’t come soon enough I’ve been taking stock of the unfinished projects and not-yet-started work that intimidatingly occupy space on my to-do list. It has been a breathless year – a very good year – but one that has certainly led me to be behind schedule with a lot of things.

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Best Ofs

Best of the visualisation web… October 2017

At the end of each month I pull together a collection of links to some of the most relevant, interesting or thought-provoking web content I’ve come across during the previous month. Here’s the latest collection from October 2017.

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Best Ofs

Best of the visualisation web… September 2017

At the end of each month I pull together a collection of links to some of the most relevant, interesting or thought-provoking web content I’ve come across during the previous month. Here’s the latest collection from September 2017.

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Announcements

Seeking more entries for #VisBookFlipBook!

A few months ago I launched the #VisBookFlipBook project, a rather ambitious attempt to compile photographs of every 2-page spread in my book as taken by the brilliant owners and readers of the book.

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Field News

Adobe sneak peak: Project Lincoln

I retweeted a link to this on social media but I wanted to share here to a broader audience a short video from the Adobe MAX 2017 event. This is a ‘sneak peak’ presentation from Bernard Kerr about a tool he has been working on, known for now as Project Lincoln

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Best Ofs

Best of the visualisation web… August 2017

At the end of each month I pull together a collection of links to some of the most relevant, interesting or thought-provoking web content I’ve come across during the previous month. Here’s the latest collection from August 2017.

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Announcements

My Reddit AMA for r/dataisbeautiful

I was delighted to be invited to do a Reddit AMA – “Ask Me Anything” – session today on the r/dataisbeautiful subreddit. As the name implies, this is a chance for people to ask me any questions they wish, mainly about data visualisation.

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Best Ofs

Best of the visualisation web… July 2017

At the end of each month I pull together a collection of links to some of the most relevant, interesting or thought-provoking web content I’ve come across during the previous month. Here’s the latest collection from July 2017.

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Articles

The problems with b’arc charts

Almost one month ago I tweeted my contempt for radial bar charts, having come across a particularly egregious case. It seemed to gain a bit of traction on social media but was also met by genuine queries as to my reasoning for this disdain.

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