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Winds of Change and How They Sway Fatalist Fractalists

August 5, 2025

We don’t know whether you have noticed, but there are many phrases we casually let loose that cry out for visualisation. Or, at least,…

Data Doesn’t Have to Start with Spreadsheets. It Can Start with a Sneeze.

July 30, 2025

I was invited to an elementary school in the Bay Area to introduce kids to the wonderful world of data. A decade ago, I…

The Bus Station That Didn’t Exist, and Other Data Epiphanies

July 29, 2025

“Data is multidisciplinary” is my mantra—it’s 2025, and I’ve now worked 20 years in every possible flavour of data—data visualization, open data advocacy, data…

Flower Visualizations and the Uncertainty of New Parenthood

July 28, 2025

Developing understanding through visualizing newborn data Expecting parents are inundated with information about newborn health and all of the potential maladies that can befall…

Watch Outlier 2025 Talk Recordings

July 25, 2025

? The Outlier 2025 talk recordings are now live on YouTube! Dive into 26 sessions—from data viz style guide best practices to automating contextual…

BattleGraphs: Forge, Fortify, and Fight in the Network Arena

July 25, 2025

Constructive visualization enables users to create personalized data representations and facilitates early insight generation and sensemaking. Based on NODKANT, a toolkit for creating physical…

MyMatrescenceProject: Using “Data-Less” Data Visualisation to Explore My Experience of Motherhood

July 15, 2025

I don’t observe, collect, or draw, but the language of data visualisation is still helping me make sense of becoming a mother. Before becoming…

Leveraging Popular Board Games to Teach Data Visualization Through Play

July 11, 2025

What if your favorite board games didn’t just entertain you but also taught you how to interpret scatter plots, recognize chart types, and sharpen…

Statistical Graphics and Comics: Parallel Histories of Visual Storytelling

July 10, 2025

What do data visualization and comics have in common? One of these is used to communicate in science and journalism, and the other appears…

Creating Data Art with GenAI: Diffusive Alpine Metamorphosis

June 25, 2025

Living in Switzerland, I cherish time spent in nature. The majestic Alps, winding rivers, and serene lakes are perfect places for me to find…