Du Bois Visualization Challenge 2024: Reflections

The goal of the challenge (Data Viz Society & Files on Github) is to celebrate the data visualization legacy of W.E.B Du Bois by recreating the visualizations from the 1900 Paris Exposition using modern tools. W.E.B. Du Bois's groundbreaking exhibit at the 1900 Paris Exposition showcased the power of data visualization to challenge prevailing narratives... Continue Reading →

2021 Year in Review

"My 2021" has been incredible. I had many wonderful moments, at personal, community and professional levels. These below are some of my highlights. Viz for Social Good (First year as Director of Operations) I'm really lucky to help advance data for good with Viz For Social Good. As Director of Operations "my job" is to... Continue Reading →

Judging the QUTBands Hackathon

This is with great honor that I was invited to judge again the QUTBands Hackathon. QUTbands is the QUT student club for aspiring Business Analysts, Data Scientists. Before the live presentation, which was the event I was invited to judge, students attended a Tableau Desktop and Tableau Prep Builder training session delivered by keyData. They... Continue Reading →

2020 in review

This has been a strange year indeed, but very very Tableau rich for me. Thanks Josh for the very nice #VizInReview visual above 104 new Vizzes - and reached 200 in total on my Tableau Public profile 1 X Viz Of the Day (#VOTD) with "My 1000 Runs - mapping 1000 runs - 10 years"... Continue Reading →

Outlier conference – apply to speak

To my data visualisation network! I am helping with the organising of this really awesome conference for the Data Visualization Society : Outlier If you are involved in the data visualisation space I am keen to see you apply to speak: all levels, tools, languages, stories and experience are welcome !! APPLY TO SPEAK!Never given... Continue Reading →

The making of “The Emigrants of the World, 1858, Charles Minard” map in Tableau

Everyone knows Charles Minard (French civil engineer) for his very famous "La carte figurative des pertes successives en hommes de l'armée française dans la campagne de Russie 1812-1813"; in plain English the map shows Napoleon's armies disastrous losses during the Russian campaign. I re-created this map in 2018, I really like this map but also took this as a challenge... Continue Reading →

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