
#datavis, spatial datavis and graphic design have a lot of shared skills, and yet people struggle to apply them to the other two areas. This has always puzzled me (I'm no different). I guess there are specifics that are needed for a proper skill transfer.
A few more "jfc, Eurostat." moments. #datavis
"XL statistical atlas has arrived from Poland
RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA
ATLAS STATYSTYCZNY (1930)"
I'm returning to Amanda Cox's famous #datavis quote. "There's a strand of the data viz world that argues that everything could be a bar chart. That's possibly true but also possibly a world without joy."
next level(s) #datavis
When I retire, instead of gardening I'll spend my days redesigning Eurostat charts. #datavis
🎶Oh, when will you ever learn?🎶#datavis
Excellent scrollytelling piece (below)
📊🗺️#datavis #maps
worldmapper.org has an amazing collection of anamorphic cartograms with size of countries mapped to
some variable of interest.
This one, on the outbreak of COVID is one of my favorites, animating the change over time. Watch it spread
Amazing #scrollytelling about project dependencies based on the infamous XKCD stripe!
The father of The Null excited about The Absent. Love #datavis
We were discussing the release of Claude Dashboard / Motion, which seem like bids to make visualization specialists obsolete (by algorithmically plagiarizing their labor).
Imagine taking the time to learn front-end, design, stats, and data engineering---and then Anthropic eats your lunch. #datavis
Semi-serious #datavis research project idea: Which makes a more intuitive sea surface height anomaly palette: Blue > Red for higher water usually being warmer, or Red > Blue, with blue indicating deeper water?
Data from the Copernicus Marine Data Store: data.marine.copernicus.eu/products
Exponencial growth. #datavis
Expenses are increasing by the same amount (0.3pp) but starting at zero is more convenient now. #datavis
Total sugar beet cultivated area by country, 1930 #datavis
#datavis #history #infographic Eye candy for today:
1859 F. David: Tree Chart Illustrating the History of France
Each branch successively designates, starting from the trunk of the tree, the various kingdoms and governments since Pharamond, leader of the Franks
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