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Data Curious 8 minutes and 46 seconds. 3x more likely to be killed by police. Median wealth gaps of a degree of 10x and more. Like Coronavirus, the Black Lives Matter movement is a story of numbers. More importantly, it's a story of the people behind the numbers.
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Data Curious 2020.05.12 Hello! It's been a few weeks. I'm feeling the collective *oof* of being on lockdown for over 2 months now. And sometimes that means being far less productive than my former self. That's ok for now. On the upside,
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Data Curious 2020.03.30 It's another week, similar to the last week. Time has a funny way of blending together these days. I missed last week's newsletter, but I'm back this week with some interesting pieces to explore. That's all for
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Data Curious 2020.03.30 Everything feels uncertain. Things are changing fast. So maybe, just maybe, it's ok if you don't use all your spare time to start your next project. This is a line I have start reciting to myself. With more time at home
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Data Curious 2020.03.23 We are entering, for many of us, uncharted territory. We are staying at home (hopefully). We are having more video calls. We are trying to cope with the relentless onslaught of COVID-19 news, updates, infection rates, etc. This is, what some might call, a big
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Data Curious 2020.03.16 As people who practice data visualization, public health emergencies such as this one bring up a weighty reminder: we have a responsibility to visualize, communicate, and translate data accurately. Because people are scared. Because people are spending more time online searching for answers than ever
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Data Curious 2020.03.09 Hello, COVID-19 continues to spread across the world. In terms of communication and awareness, data visualization is once again taking center-stage in the public conversation. Just like during election season, we've seen the spread of misleading maps and charts that spread unnecessary amounts
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Data Curious 2020.03.02 Hey, Working on some deadlines this week so I'll keep it short. Last week I was thinking about breaking the rules in data visualization (mostly credited to the fabulous Economist blog linked in this edition). Data visualization is a field with a lot
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Data Curious 2020.02.24 Hello! Last week I stumbled upon this tweet, and I just can't stop thinking about it. It's not about data viz specifically, but stay with me: I was never able to put words into why I loved learning to program so
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Data Curious 2020.02.18 Hey, Do you remember pre-algebra class? Do you remember calculus, or trigonometry, or geometry? Did you hate it too? When I was in high school I detested mathematics. It was dry, boring, too abstract, in-accessible. I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to express
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Data Curious 2020.02.03 Hello, As we enter Black History Month, I'm thinking about how data visualization has been used to explore issues of race and oppression. One of the most striking examples I've seen was created by W.E.B. Dubois and his all-black
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Data Curious 2020.01.27 Hey, Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending an art gallery of data visualizations curated by a friend. Even though I stare at data viz nearly every day, seeing these pieces printed out and hung in a gallery reminded me of the artistic nature