In my last blog, I spoke about the application of Austin Kleon’s book Steal Like an Artist for data professionals In this blog, I want to now share lessons for data professionals from Kleon’s sequel, Show Your Work! Why Show your Work? Here are some benefits for showing your work to others: Opportunities to get […]
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A few weeks ago I got two recommendations ( from Sameeha Afrulbasha and Bonny McClain) to read one of Austin Kleon’s books, Show Your Work. This is the second book in a 3 part series, so I ended up starting with the first book he wrote, Steal Like an Artist. In this blog post, I’ll
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Summary Statistics One of the first things I learned when taking my first statistical programming course was how to calculate summary statistics. Summary statistics are used to summarize the distribution of data. Depending on the type of data, the stats used to summarize can vary but examples may include the average, the median, the coefficient
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Lately, I’ve been thinking more about making accessible data visualizations while also exploring and using the newest audio-only social media app called Clubhouse. While using this app, I’ve come across a few accessibility concerns and limitations with using this app. What’s the benefit of using Clubhouse to talk about topics like this? First, let’s talk
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This is another blog in a series dedicated to exploring ways we can make our data visualizations more accessible to everyone. First off, we should never assume that we know our audience’s ability or disabilities. Not all disabilities are visible and I advise against asking someone to share theirs (plus, depending on where you live
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Fatema El-Wakeel, an Analytics-Driven Strategy thought leader, and I did a Clubhouse room called “Managing Stakeholder Expectations for Data Viz” last week. The room was not only fun to host, but also one of the most engaging and interesting ones I’ve attended. I got to learn a lot from Fatema and the other attendees. In
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Adding Text for Accessible Data Visualizations One day when I was explaining to someone the value of visualizing data and how it can help people better understand your findings, it made me wonder what we can do for those who can’t see the actual visualizations. So this blog will cover suggestions on how to make accessible
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Last week I introduced Du Bois’s and his team’s data visualizations that they prepared for an exhibit in Paris in 1900 (read more about it here). This blog will examine and, more importantly, appreciate some of their unique designs and data visualization techniques. The Spiral Graph Du Bois and his team created a spiral graph
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W.E.B. Du Bois was a renowned sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, a writer but not many people realize that he was also a data visualizer and an early pioneer of data viz activism. Du Bois was given a booth at an exhibit in Paris in 1900 to demonstrate the progress made by African Americans since
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If you are a data visualizer, or anyone in the design field, it’s likely you’ve heard of the Gestalt Principles. These principles are a set of laws based on how humans group objects and identify patterns among them. In this post, I’ll review just 3 of these Gestalt Principles for data visualization. We’ll focus on
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