News and Notes from PolicyViz - Issue #14 - Subscribers

The weather has been pretty crazy here in Northern, Virginia lately! We have days of 50 degrees whether followed by a day or two of 80 degrees! Dunno...spring, I guess. Of course, in a few weeks, we'll be sweating in 90+ degree heat and yearning for these cool days.

I've been working hard on a few projects lately, which has put me behind on my blog writing, but here are actual blog post titles of to-be-completed posts:

• Showing Shares: Area Charts vs. Line Charts

• Treat Us Like Fucking Adults [okay, I'll probably drop the swear word before I publish]

• Getting away from the ‘this is how we always do it’ mentality

• Break-the-Frame: An Approach to Visualizing Outliers

Keep an eye out for these plus some new videos I have in the works that should show up in the next week or so. Plus, I need to get back to my Tableau learning, which has been stalled lately.

If you want to get a little dose of dataviz genius to your phone, check out my new Winno community. I've really been enjoying sending out 2-3 texts per week with tips and tricks for better data visualizations. I've also started sharing coupon codes for conferences, so members should find the $5/month fee will end up paying for itself!

Thanks and take care,

Jon

Episode #216: Claire McKay Bowen

Dr. Claire McKay Bowen is a principal research associate in the Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population and leads the Statistical Methods Group at the Urban Institute. Her research focuses on developing and assessing the quality of differentially private data synthesis methods and science communication. She holds a BS in mathematics and physics from Idaho State University and an MS and PhD in statistics from the University of Notre Dame. After completing her PhD, she worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where she investigated cosmic ray effects on supercomputers.

What I'm Reading

Books

• Histories of Racial Capitalism

• Mobile Data Visualization

Articles

• Integrating Annotations into Multidimensional Visual Dashboards

• Guide for Engaging with Research Partners about Data and Analysis 

• The Curse of Knowledge in Visual Data Communication

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Check out some videos on YouTube!

Join my Winno Community

I've started using the new Winno app to send small data visualization tips, tricks, and strategies via text message. I've been sending 2-3 texts a week and really enjoying the task of finding those little things that help make our dataviz great. You can check it out for free for 14 days before committing.