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12.02.2019 How can we be smarter about how we tell stories with data? It's a question I think about almost daily. Scrolling through Twitter, I see countless examples of people using data to find and tell stories. The difference between the average ones and the great
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31.01.2019 We made it to the end of January. Celebrate by taking some time to learn and be inspired. This week I'm thinking about the role of visual literacy in data viz, how pollution is affecting natural landscapes, the links between political parties and using virtual
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15.01.2019 Have you gotten used to writing "2019" yet? Me neither. I'm not one for resolutions, but if I had one this year, it would be to continue this weekly newsletter and to keep adding helpful features. Have an idea of something you'
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20.12.2018 Christmas has come. Break out the jumpers, the eggnog, the Christmas Carols. I'll be taking a break from the newsletter over the holiday season, with more good stuff coming in January of 2019. Until then, it's data as usual. Read_ 3rd wave data
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13.12.2018 We're reaching the end of the year and I'm finding myself deep in lots of "Best of 2018" type lists. One thing I love about the data viz community is how open it is — people share their work, as for feedback,
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06.12.2018 After a brief hiatus for Thanksgiving week (and the one after), I’m back with more data resources for the week. During that time, two big awards happened in the data viz world: the highly acclaimed Information is Beautiful Awards, and the new but equally as exciting
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15.11.2018 Hi there. Last week was thinking about satellites and space. I was also thinking about how data can be used to solve big problems, societal problems. You'll find resources on both of these big questions in this edition of Data Curious. Let's get
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08.11.2018 Welcome back. This week I found myself fascinated by buildings: their height, their location, how they change over time. So expect to find a few resources relating to these questions. You'll also find the usual stuff, like articles to make you think and a few
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01.11.2018 Hello. It’s another edition of Data Curious. Last week I found some fascinating academic research into visual perception and data visualisation. It’s a field that is often ignored, which can be puzzling: how people see things should be the foundation of data visualisation design. Some
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25.10.2018 Welcome to Data Curious. This week includes loads of visual inspiration. The Information is Beautiful Awards voting came to a close last week, and I’m feeling simultaneously inspired and intimidated by the level of work. Each year new innovations emerge in the field of data visualisation
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18.10.2018 Welcome back. It’s another edition of Data Curious. ICYMI, the first edition is . This week I found loads of datasets to play with, along with some tutorials on using Python for scraping, machine learning and making charts with Bokeh. There are also some great reads on
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11.10.2018 Welcome to the first edition of Data Curious. Each week I’ll be sending data articles to read, visualisations to explore, datasets to analyse and tutorials to learn from. If you’ve got more questions, check out this intro article on why I started this newsletter. I’