I was on holiday recently in the Welsh border town of Hay on Wye, when I came across a book that instantly caught my attention.| Nightingale
The Eyeo festival has always held an interesting place in the community as, I’m told, it never really focused on any specific subject matter.| Nightingale
Color expert Kate Strachnyi shares the top tips from her new book—a reference tool for both beginners and experts, alike.| Nightingale
What do data visualization and comics have in common? One of these is used to communicate in science and journalism, and the other appears in fine art and...| Nightingale
Recent dataviz research shows how the most popular tropes in political data journalism can distort the democratic process.| Nightingale
A few months ago I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ciera Martinez to discuss the founding of the project, Data Science by Design, and what they've...| Nightingale
This is the fourth installment of a yearlong data visualization journey.| Nightingale
The multi-disciplinary nature of the data visualization profession presents opportunities for fruitful collaboration while also leading to points of...| Nightingale
Stumbling into a small peer support community I arrived at Outlier 2021 eager to learn and explore.| Nightingale
Integrating data visualization into non-profit work is both a strategic advantage and an easy pitfall.| Nightingale
Throughout my career, I've oscillated between working solo on data visualization projects and being a part of larger teams tasked with creating compelling...| Nightingale
The DVS Mentorship Program revolutionized my creative process: learning is iterative, failure is vital, growth comes in many forms, and straight lines are...| Nightingale
The Mysterious Affair of Style or "How do you (and should you in fact) find your style in data visualization?" It was the doom scrolling the internet...| Nightingale
False Positives: The Imposter Syndrome in Dataviz or "Is imposter syndrome even curable?" It’s the moment I hate the most.| Nightingale
This is the sixth installment of a year-long data visualization journey.| Nightingale
Data viz renegades are often resistant to learn how to properly visually communicate the data that they work with. Here's how to help them.| Nightingale
This article is a continuation of Information in the Margins.| Nightingale
The X,Y Files or "How do you communicate with extradatastrial clients?" The encounter took place in the last hours of the evening.| Nightingale
In April of 2024, Taylor Swift released her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department (TTPD), which she wrote over the past two years, during her...| Nightingale
This article is part V in a series on data exploration, and the common struggles that we all face when trying to learn something new.| Nightingale
Imposter syndrome came up as a common struggle in October’s Topics in Data Visualization discussion about education on the DVS Slack channel.| Nightingale
This article is part of a larger effort to leverage the DVS Survey data to provide useful insights about data visualization to our members.| Nightingale
This article is part II in a series on data exploration, and the common struggles that we all face when trying to learn something new.| Nightingale
Will your dashboard be seen on a phone? In an auditorium? On a printout? Here are the best practices for eight possible dashboard formats.| Nightingale
The C(h)art Before the Horse or “Do we really need data in dataviz?” The color palette was set, three complementary hues of blue, green, and...| Nightingale
In every field of human endeavour, the impulse to generalise—the urge to find parallels—never goes away fully.| Nightingale
In the business of consulting, our clients rely heavily on data visualization to make sense of complex information and drive decision-making.| Nightingale
Dashboard design elements There are five important elements to consider in the design phase for building great data visualizations.| Nightingale
Our first public release of EdWise in summer of 2015 included this mapping functionality.| Nightingale
Autumn foliage colors inspired me to chart global temperature change. Here's how I created a data visual with leaves.| Nightingale