Data Visualization Society members reflect on what a turbulent 2020 teaches us about working with data — On a dedicated channel, #dvs-topics-in-data-viz, in the Data Visualization Society Slack, our members discuss questions and issues pertinent to the field of data visualization. Discussion topics rotate every two weeks, and while subjects vary, each one challenges our members to think deeply and holistically about questions that affect the field…

340 articles later, it’s time to take stock of one year of Nightingale —

We need to demystify data viz. Here’s how. — On a dedicated channel, #dvs-topics-in-data-viz, in the Data Visualization Society Slack, our members discuss questions and issues pertinent to the field of data visualization. Discussion topics rotate every two weeks, and while subjects vary, each one challenges our members to think deeply and holistically about questions that affect the field…

A peek at how I used data visualization to explore people’s taste in wedding music — These days, it seems, you can’t attend a wedding without hearing the soft croon of Ed Sheeran at some point. It got me thinking, is there an archetype of wedding hits? Would sappy slow songs dominate the playlists? This gave me an idea for entering a local data storytelling challenge…

A reflection on the unseen forces behind visual works — I don’t know about you, but when something piques my interest — TV tropes, color theory, the life-changing magic of tidying up, anything — I have to wrap my mind around the “shape” of the related knowledge. …