mastodon 4.7.3Creating & writing about dataviz for Datawrapper. Data Vis Book Club organizer. Fan of numbers, systems & overviews. I believe in maps, not the territory.
Wow! It's a great honor to receive this Information is Beautiful Award.
Thanks to @datawrapper@vis.social for letting me help and inspire people. And thanks to everyone else who's contributing to the lovely #dataviz community – by sharing knowledge, hosting events/podcasts, and so much more!
Make sure to check out all the other #IIBAwards 2024 winners: https://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/news/680-announcing-the-2024-winners
I put together an overview of chart types!
Which one of your favorites did I forget?
Here's the full article with explanations to all chart types: https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/chart-types-guide
Today I published a blog post that will hopefully help all of you who love data vis, but have no idea how to go from there to "actually creating great data vis". It's full of my learnings from many years.
Find it here: https://blog.datawrapper.de/how-to-get-started-with-data-visualization/
🎉 New blog post! Choosing colors for a #dataviz on race, ethnicity or continents can be tricky. I collected lots of examples and wrote down 6 guidelines to help ensure all your readers feel respected by your color choices: https://blog.datawrapper.de/colors-for-race-ethnicity-world-regions/
Five years ago, I organized the first of 13 Data Vis Book Club sessions. I'm thrilled that we announced today that the book club is back, hosted by my great coworker @gsutters@bird.makeup!
Come join us to read @ChristiansenJen@vis.social's book "Building Science Graphics": https://blog.datawrapper.de/book-club-building-science-graphics/