The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest finished up this past weekend with the winning…
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Eurovision winners past and present
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A visual story about kimchi and family
Alvin Chang, for The Pudding, illustrated the search for his kimchi, which is…
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Scale of billions of dollars in Australia’s budget
To show the scale of tax cuts and Australia’s budget, ABC News takes…
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Population surrounded by interstate highways
Filed under random but fun calculations, Alasdair Rae estimated the number of people…
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Chart Practice: Mimicking Others
One of the most straightforward ways to “do the thing” — and stay on the right track towards work you want to do — is to mimic projects that you like.
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Best Possible Life More Common with Age
Maybe your best possible life is ahead of you.
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Improved color palettes in R
Achim Zeileis and Paul Murrell provide a rundown of the more user-friendly color…
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Mona Chalabi wins Pulitzer for data illustrations
Mona Chalabi, known around these parts for her illustrative approach to data journalism,…
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Arguing in favor of dual axes to show correlation
Charts that use two different scales on the same vertical often get the…
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Mapping where trees will grow
As the climate changes, the places that different types of trees will grow…
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Demonstrating how large language models work
You might’ve heard about large language models lately. They’re the “brains” behind recent…
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Chart Practice
Split it up into small pieces and then aim for depth.
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Quantum computing visual explainer
Quantum computing promises a higher level of processing power over current computers, but…
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When you cross hydropower and a battery
Mira Rojanasakul and Max Bearak for The New York Times highlight the rise…
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Chart Challenge for a Day
My schedule doesn’t really fit with the daily-thing-for-thirty-days genre of challenges. So my genius idea was to compress a 30-day challenge into one day.
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Non-abstract Curry shot chart
Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors scored 50 points in game 7…
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Bed and Bath’s Beyond
Bed Bath & Beyond filed for bankruptcy, so Alex Leeds Matthews and Amy…
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Melting ice, global effects
Ice is melting at the poles, which makes it seem like a localized…
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Visualization Tools and Learning Resources – April 2023 Roundup
Here’s the good stuff for April.
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Switching to electric school buses
For Bloomberg, Zahra Hirji and Denise Lu on the electrification of the national…