The Tattooed Chef continues to impress, now with dinner-sized frozen meals. — I do think about things other than data visualization. I think about my dogs, other dogs, yoga, and food. I’m a stereotypical Gemini ♊️ sun-sign (my birthday was May 30): noncommital whenever possible, party on the outside/tortured on the inside (a.k.a., my moon is in Cancer♋️), impatient, mouthy, and outspoken…

Curious as to whether my education in data visualization best practices, experience working with clients, and personal design preferences aligned with what would be considered “good” user experience design from the point of view of UX designers, I decided to make a mind map of what makes a data visualization…

Meet just a few of the superbly talented women creating, innovating, and expanding the horizons of the field of data visualization. — In March, Tableau chose all women for the current cohort of Tableau Public Featured Authors (I am humbled to be among them), and I realized I didn’t know all of them despite my regular engagement in Tableau community initiatives and all things #DataFam on Twitter. After spending several hours diving…

How burnout forced me to rest — Lots of startups and forward-thinking tech companies, including the one where I work, now offer “unlimited” PTO as a benefit. It’s clearly not truly unlimited, because if it were, I would give myself a four-day workweek with a week off every three months. But that’s not the point of this…

How I manage to finish data visualizations, clean my house, feed my dogs, and stay employed — Recently, I gave a talk at work about ADHD and its presentation, misdiagnosis, and underdiagnosis in women. Over the following weeks, numerous people contacted me via Slack, inspired to talk to their healthcare providers about the challenges they faced that sounded a lot like mine. …

Three Thursday Things 05, 2/10/2022 — I haven’t done a Three Thursday Things in weeks, so I’ll remind you how it works: I suggest three things that have delighted, inspired, or 🤩 wowed 🤩 me in the past week-ish. Usually there’s a theme. Today it’s bar charts I’ve encountered “in the wild”. 1. Covid-19 Death Rate by vaccination status in Switzerland From Our World in Data, this bar chart does an excellent job of showing that unvaccinated individuals die from Covid-19 at a much higher rate than those who have been vaccinated, but also showcases a lesser-cited fact: individuals who have had a booster shot have a significantly lower death rate…

In case you live under an actual rock, or by some sleight of hand or twist of fate are not involved in the exciting world of data visualization, tonight is the deadline to submit an entry to Tableau’s IronViz Qualifier Contest. The purpose of the contest is to select the…

The data geek’s dream game, Wordle is artisanal data collection at its finest. — How many other analysts/data people are collecting your 📚 Wordle stats 📊? I know I am not the only one who immediately thought, “data project!!!” after their first or second time playing. One day last week, I forgot to play (NaN! UGH!) so I figured someone must be posting the solutions somewhere. Google returneth a gem: Forbes’ Today’s ‘Wordle’ Word Of The Day.