The process of taking in visualization feedback to improve towards where you want to go.

This is how I pick charts.

Here’s the good stuff for October.

You need data to visualize. Luckily, it’s not too complicated.

There’s always room for improvement — no matter how long you’ve been at it.

Create boundaries in your work for focus and depth.

Here’s the good stuff for September.

If you just always assume the data is right, you’ll probably finish with garbage.

Time spent data munging is time well spent.

It’s nice that visualization has developed over the years to the point that there are dedicated classes for it, but I also like learning informally.

Time for less work and more play.

Here’s the good stuff for August.

Communicate to fewer people to reach more.

It just needs a little polish.

A few lines and a color fill can change how others see a dataset.

Here’s the good stuff for July.

It’s better to err on the side of obvious than leave things ambiguous.

While some parts of visualization are formulaic, outside variables require that you adjust.

Use visual metaphors to shorten the distance between data and what it represents.

Here’s the good stuff for June.