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Yesterday, I had a rather long post about one writer’s positive take on the automation/artificial intelligence/robot trend coming fast at us. I didn’t buy in his positive thesis, even though I wanted to believe in something positive, but his thesis just didn’t convince me – it was too free market oriented. I did want to…
Looking at Harvey Two years ago, the images coming out of Houston, depicting a city submerged under water from Harvey, was shocking. New York Times had a graphic which told a dramatic story of the unfolding crisis; Fast Company called it “The Single Most Powerful Visualization of Harvey’s Impact”. Harvey was called a 1000-year event….
I don’t know why the climate change deniers insist on denying what is going on. Tropical storm Imelda ranks right up there as the 7th wettest storm in history. Houston/Southeast Texas had Harvey two years ago and that is ranked as number 1 and is regarded as a 1000-year storm. Imelda then hits Southeast Texas…
A quick post: I’m working on a self-project where I practice doing data visualization with storytelling. How do I tell a “grab you by the throat” story? When I was in college, I used to have to write each week some kind of composition in French using the topic or words assigned. The teacher teaching…
I’m running into a tension between a one-page design versus a design with white space. White space is supposed to ease the eye flow around visuals and tables but it does create space. I get the idea of one pagers and usually strive for that, but if the lettering is too small, maybe it would…
When you read about data science or data analytics, you read a lot of exhortations that analysis alone is not enough: you have to be able to tell a story with the data if you want to get action or receive respect from your coworkers. That’s easier said than done. It’s one thing to tell…