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I have pulled together research-based design guidelines for data visualizations. Use this interactive guide to rate your visualizations and spot places to improve your work and impress your audiences with clarity and insight.
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I Failed
This is not news. Today. Yesterday. Every day. I fail all the time. I have so many data visualization fails that I'm already planning a conference talk called The Compromises I've Made. I published some of my failures in a book edited by Kylie Hutchinson. This is an...
My 2018 Personal Annual Report
This is my last personal annual report. I'll tell you why. This year most of my metrics went down. At first, due to cultural conditioning that says "more is always better," I was like Oh no! Before I go further, let's pause and break that down. I've been creating...
Building a Culture of Effective Data Visualization
The most frustrating part of attending one of my workshops is that you learn so many awesome ways of communicating data, you learn exactly what buttons to push to make it happen, you get hyped up on glee and data vizardry... and then the existing organizational...
We Need More Research on Data Visualization
Stephanie's Note: Dr. Sena Sanjines just wrapped up her dissertation, part of which measured whether my Data Visualization Checklist is worth its salt. Here are her findings. My name is Sena Sanjines and I’m an evaluator in Hawai‘i slightly obsessed with figuring out...