4 Principles of Data Storytelling

This week I’m in Nashville, Tennessee to attend the inaugural Tapestry Conference on data storytelling.…

Reviewing Andy Kirk’s “Data Visualization: a successful design processs”

This book on data visualization by Andy Kirk of visualisingdata.com goes beyond its promise –…

A Season’s Greeting

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Pursuing a Passion…

In the New Year, I’ll be heading to the Pacific Northwest with my family to…

Winning Together Takes Time

Driving around the streets of Los Angeles (for the final month – more on that…

How to Fight Forest Fires with Data

Time is precious so I am a big believer in merging interests, but only where…

Unemployment Also Rises

Alberto Cairo’s massive open online course on information graphics and data visualization is providing 2,000…

Ye Shall Know Them By Their Words

I’m hanging tough in week 3 of Alberto Cairo’s online course on Infographics and Data…

My Week at TCC12

The 2012 Tableau Customer Conference was held this past week in San Diego, and I…

Interactive Visualizations or Small Multiples?

Any time you find yourself with a data set with more than a few columns,…