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data / curious 2019.10.07 We live in a fast-paced world. We live in a fearful world. Sometimes, it's good to remind ourselves that things can get better. That we can be better. This pattern of progress is all around us. But most of the time, it
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data / curious 2019.09.30 Hello. Today is the last day of September. Where I live, the leaves are starting to slowly give way to shades of yellow, orange, red. It happens every year. But every year it still surprises me in a small way. If you work in data
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data / curious 2019.09.23 Hey there. Before we dive in, I wanted to say something: it's an important time to be doing data visualization. Last Friday, an estimated 4 million people showed up in over a thousand different cities to stand up for our planet. At the
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data / curious 2019.09.16 Hey internet friends. This week I'm looking at small multiples, the shape of fraud, scientific success, and deploying machine learning using Javascript. I know, pretty wild. Check it out! Read_ What are small multiples? Why should I use them? Pew Research Center discusses
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data / curious 2019.09.09 Good morning. I've got lots of really great articles to read this week on visualization research, and a few interesting tutorials to dive into. Also, an open database of structured Shakespeare data! Let's dive in/. Read_ How should we visualize uncertainty?
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data / curious 2019.09.03 Happy belated Labor Day for US readers! For those of you elsewhere, I hope you also had some time to disconnect and rest this weekend. Here's another issue of cool data things to start your week. Read_ How do you design an interface
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data / curious 2019.08.26 Hey internet friends. Get ready for a dense, meaty newsletter of data viz goodness. Last week I was finding so much stuff I had to cut down the newsletter by half after writing it. But this is the best of the best. Hope you agree.
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data / curious 2019.08.19 Hey. More data viz stuff coming at ya this week. Be a better interactive journalist, use more ternary plots, explore our solar system, dig into the public domain. There's lots to do in this edition of Data Curious. See what lights you up.
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data / curious 2019.08.12 Greetings folks. Happy Monday (or maybe it's not, and that's ok too). This week I'm thinking about finding inspiration in other's work, writing better chart titles, and visualizing machine learning among other things. Is there something you&
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data / curious 2019.08.05 I'm popping in early this week. Trying to get on a Monday schedule. Last week I stumbled upon some really thought-provoking pieces on how to create better, more helpful visual interfaces for analyzing data. From over-designed health apps to cluttered public
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data / curious 2019.07.30 Hello! It's been a while. But we all know how that goes, right? <insert conversation you had after bumping into an old "friend"> Life gets hectic. Mine certainly has. I've had a two-month hiatus from writing
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data / curious 16.04.2019 A new edition of Data Curious! In which I look at how to visualize human emotions, what cats and dogs are thinking, and animating charts in Python. Nice one. Read_ Visualizing emotion and a look at the data viz design process How can we create