Thank you @questionsindataviz.com for capturing such a fun moment! :D

Neil Richards@questionsindataviz.com · last yr.

It’s the chART virtual book launch at #outlier2025 - here’s @nadiehbremer.com and @juliebrunet.bsky.social appearing remotely, with @zanewolf.bsky.social proudly displaying the real book! Can’t wait to get hold of my copy (frustratingly 3000 miles away from me at home right now!)

Super proud of the entire IIB Awards team for all the work we put in just to get to this point. Can't wait to see what the judges make of this year's longlisted submissions!

Data Visualization Society@datavizsociety.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 The longlist has been announced! Check out the entry showcase to see this year’s entries, including nearly 1,000 entries that have been selected for the longlist. Browse the 2024 longlist: www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase?act...

We’re hiring! Apply if you are a highly organized professional with experience managing processes and budgets across spreadsheets. This is a part-time, remote role. Apply by February 28, 2025: https://buff.ly/4i5BpoU

This week's #dataviz book was sent to me by a former MICA classmate and I can't be more excited. Not just for learning more about #inclusivedesign but because it is awesome to have found incredible people thru MICA, WID, and DVS and we're able to share and contribute to each other's journeys.

This is why they're attacking science and education: if you can only win with disinformation, data become a threat.

@datavizsociety.bsky.social's Mentorship Program is still looking for incredible people to join as mentors for our 8th cohort! To be a mentor: your willingness to help another achieve their goals, be it learning a tool, making a #dataviz, or designing a portfolio. tinyurl.com/2u8rsw6s

Mentorship — Data Visualization Society

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📊 W.E.B. Du Bois and Data Visualization in the Fight for Civil Rights In 1900, Du Bois created 60+ charts to illustrate Black Americans’ progress at the Paris Expo. The Du Bois Challenge 2025 invites participants to recreate them using modern tools. 📈 Join here: github.com/ajstarks/dub... #dataviz

Re #Dataviz Portfolios, early career folks are mostly concerned with making and populating one, but what do non-early-career folks struggle with re: portfolios? Once you have one, what's next? Maintaining and updating? Updating aesthetics? Remaking it to go from personal to business?

Last day to submit! The deadline is 11:59pm UTC or 3:59pm PST.

Data Visualization Society@datavizsociety.bsky.social · 2y ago

Submission deadline extended! You now have 2 days left to enter your work for the 2024 #IIBAwards. https://buff.ly/3ZSFyoB

Kicking off our first data challenge collab of 2025 with @ajstarks.bsky.social's #DuBoisChallenge2025! It's open to everyone and winners are chosen from the DVS slack channel #challenge-dubois so be sure to post what you make there each week. Looking forward to seeing all the creations!!

Data Visualization Society@datavizsociety.bsky.social · 2y ago

📊 Today is Week 1 of the #DuBoisChallenge2025! Go to https://buff.ly/3QjOsaF to re-create the viz in this week’s folder. Share your work on social media with #DuBoisChallenge2025. Don’t forget to share it in the DVS Slack for a chance to win prizes!

@ifbookspod.bsky.social could you do Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg?? The vibe I'm getting is, white man discovers the best ways to communicate and they're exactly what women have been doing all along.

My 4-page 📊 spread for the Feb issue of @sciam.bsky.social is now live in digital format! I take a look at everyone who has been to space or earned their astronaut wings. www.scientificamerican.com/article/ever... Constructive feedback is welcome. This was a labor of love & I'm very proud of it.

Everyone Who Has Ever Been to Space, Charted

Space traveler demographics have shifted over time

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Our 2024 State of the #dataviz Industry Report summarizes 861 responses about the state of data viz, the people who make it, the challenges they face, and where the field is headed. Full report here:

The DVS Mentorship Program returns! Apply by February 2 for the February - May cohort. This program offers mentees early in their #dataviz career an opportunity to work with a mentor who has 5+ years of professional experience in the field. Apply here: https://buff.ly/3YzvbVT

This is in my top-five #dataviz articles that I recommend to people. Important information on the unintended consequences of our design decisions, and so well communicated!

Steve Wexler@datarevelations.com · 2y ago

In working with @abmakulec.bsky.social, Jeffrey Shaffer, and @acotgreave.bsky.social on our new book, I got to revisit this article from @elibryan.bsky.social . He is seriously bad-ass. Make sure to check out his other pieces for DVS Nightingale. nightingaledvs.com/unfair-compa...

Our last two 📊 Q&A with an Expert seminars are now up on YT! Be sure to check them out because they were absolute bangers. December feat. @deabankova.bsky.social: shorturl.at/M5tls January feat. @allitorban.bsky.social: shorturl.at/vfsTl And follow @datavizsociety.bsky.social for more events!

While parts of LA are burning the sonification of LoudNubers comes to mind: they created a data sonification on the wildfires of Canada 2023. Eerie, disturbing and admirable piece. The data is sonified with different sounds and layers, narrated by a survivor. #dataviz #fires Listen here:

Hold the Line — Loud Numbers

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Learn how Alli Torban upskilled from a data analyst to data viz designer in our upcoming Q&A with an Expert session on January 9. Attend for free by registering here: https://buff.ly/3DGzBE6📊

I'm late to this discussion about #dataviz critiques, but my brain won’t let it go. I’m quoting ‪‪@sonjakuijpers.bsky.social‬ post, because something about the vibe of @elijahmeeks.bsky.social 's prompt doesn’t feel productive to me. You can see that post & more replies if you click through. 📊 1/N

Sonja Kuijpers | STUDIO TERP@sonjakuijpers.bsky.social · 2y ago

This has been on my mind, is this true? 🤔 Yeah, I feel uncomfortable criticising others work because I often lack knowledge of the context and I know I feel 'attacked' myself the other way around (+still insecure on my skills). I would rather like for us to take a more positive stand 1/6 #dataviz

Somebody thinks she is more important than my deadline.😸 (She has barely left my side since I returned from NYC, so she's not exactly being neglected.)

Die Einreichung für die #IIBAwards 2024 ist GEÖFFNET! Reichen Sie Ihre #Dataviz-Arbeit ein oder regen Sie Freunde, Kollegen und Menschen, regen Sie personen die Sie bewundern, zur Teilnahme an.

Bittersweetly, my last digital news 📊 graphic from my internship is published. It is a simple annotated line chart pointing out Carter's impact on the guinea Worm eradication effort. His impact cannot be overstated, he was ahead of the curve on social issues, and Carter's passing is a tragedy.

Laura Helmuth@laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 2y ago

Guinea worm used to afflict 3.5 million people each year. This year, thanks in part to Jimmy Carter, there have been 7 cases. He negotiated the longest humanitarian cease-fire in history to distribute water filters & larvicides www.scientificamerican.com/article/jimm... via @tanyalewis.bsky.social

Join us for our first 📊 Q&A of 2025 with @allitorban.bsky.social! Our new monthly theme is "Upskilling" and Alli is coming in with her best lessons learned and practical advice. Bring your friends and your questions! Register here: shorturl.at/wV1Jc @datavizsociety.bsky.social

I made a starter pack with #Shiny for #RStats and #Python devs and friends! And if you're a Shiny person and want to be included, let me know. go.bsky.app/BFEQ1HY

Five of the books I read this year made it to the list! Four non-fiction and one fiction :D

Bri 💝@breezybrik.bsky.social · 2y ago

It’s the happiest day of the year 🥳📚 @sciam.bsky.social end-of-year book recommendations list here’s a behind the scenes look into how we put together www.scientificamerican.com/article/78-b...

It’s the happiest day of the year 🥳📚 @sciam.bsky.social end-of-year book recommendations list here’s a behind the scenes look into how we put together www.scientificamerican.com/article/78-b...

78 Books Scientific American Recommends in 2024

A collection of nonfiction and fiction books Scientific American editorial staff and contributors read and recommend in 2024

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That moment when you have so much to do that you go for a walk instead.

Do it! I'm not sure why, but anxiety prevented me from submitting the year I had created something nice -- and I've regretted ever since... Don't be me :)

Zane Wolf@zanewolf.bsky.social · 2y ago

It's finally here!! Submitting a #dataviz is a great way to increase the number of eyes that see your work, not to mention a chance to win or be nominated for the special categories. Everyone, especially students and early career folks, should enter. Submissions are open until Jan 31st, 2025!

Information is Beautiful Awards 2024 entries open TODAY! #dataviz works created from Sept 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024 are eligible. This year shifts the Awards window to include the full calendar year. Can't wait to see the submissions! www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/awards/2024

It's finally here!! Submitting a #dataviz is a great way to increase the number of eyes that see your work, not to mention a chance to win or be nominated for the special categories. Everyone, especially students and early career folks, should enter. Submissions are open until Jan 31st, 2025!

Data Visualization Society@datavizsociety.bsky.social · 2y ago

#IIBAwards 2024 submission is OPEN! Enter your #dataviz work or encourage friends, co-workers, and people you admire to enter. www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/awards/2024/...