Matthew MontesanoImproving a points race scoreboardWhen I watch track cycling broadcasts, I find it hard to keep track of the score in a points race. Since I’m an experienced track cyclist…6 min read·Nov 1, 2019----
Matthew MontesanoinNightingalePublic Health in the USA: How Data Viz Moves Government Toward EquitySeries: Communicating Data for Health Impact5 min read·Jul 8, 2019----
Matthew MontesanoUser-centered design without users“We’re planning a user-centered design process for this web product.”3 min read·Feb 22, 2019----
Matthew MontesanoDo scatterplots work?In a recent meeting, a colleague said:3 min read·Nov 30, 2018----
Matthew MontesanoPublic health’s obesity errorFor a while I’ve been concerned that public health, as a field of practice, is on a steady, definitive, slow-motion crash course with a…7 min read·Mar 15, 2018----
Matthew Montesano“That graphic didn’t need to be a map”I had a short exchange with Andy Kirk when he tweeted something that reminded me of one of my pet peeves.4 min read·Jan 26, 2018----
Matthew MontesanoUSPS, UX 101, and Missile AlertsI read Erie’s piece on What Healthcare.gov has to do with the Hawaii false alarm while I was standing in a long line at the Post Office.2 min read·Jan 19, 2018----
Matthew MontesanoData Communication Sandbox #4From Sanofi Pasteur, a pharmaceutical company that focuses on producing vaccines, comes this infographic that tells the story of measles in…3 min read·Jan 17, 2018----
Matthew MontesanoData Communication sandbox #3I got some flu data recently. It looks like this:3 min read·Jan 11, 2018----
Matthew MontesanoInformation Equity (part 1)I work in health communications. I think that working with the government to make better, clearer health information — and really, any and…4 min read·Jan 3, 2018----