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Steve Wexler

@datarevelations.com
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Professional chart looker-atter. Author of "The Big Picture" and co-author of "The Big Book of Dashboards." James Jamerson disciple.

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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 13/05/2026
BIG price drop on Amazon for my book, The Big Picture. In the five years since it's release, I don't think the price has ever been this low. See www.amazon.com/dp/126047352X
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The Big Picture: How to Use Data Visualization to Make Better Decisions―Faster
The Big Picture: How to Use Data Visualization to Make Better Decisions―Faster [Wexler, Steve] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Big Picture: How to Use Data Visualization to Make Better Decisions―Faster
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 17/02/2026
Who made the biggest T.U.R.D, aka, a "truly unfortunate representation of data?" www.linkedin.com/events/74281...
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 20/01/2026
Hey, dashboard designers… who wore it best? As part of my newly-updated Building World-Class Business Dashboards workshop I’ll share the Dashboards That Deliver framework. February 24 and 26 online (two half days). Learn more at www.eventbrite.com/e/building-w...
An image of a Henry Moore sculpture, The Sphynx, and the Dashboards That Deliver framework diagram.
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 16/01/2026
Updated! Building world-class business dashboards workshop, online, February 24 and 26 (two half-days). What's new? I'll introduce the Dashboards That Deliver framework and communicating with data in the AI era. Click here to learn more: www.eventbrite.com/e/building-w... #dashboards
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RJ Andrews @infowetrust.com · 14/01/2026
brutal bag of charts by @ashendruk.com www.not-ship.com/america-isnt...
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America isn't exceptional — it's the exception
America has self-importance in abundance. What it lacks is the data to back it up.
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 12/01/2026
I offer an on-demand course on Visualizing Survey Data Using Tableau. I don't think you'll find a better or faster way to get up to speed. And you get lifetime access to the course. The price goes up on January 15. See www.datarevelations.com/visualizing-... #surveydata #tableau
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 12/01/2026
I'm working with some stellar collaborators to bring this data set to life through a data visualization contest. Please consider participating. Just *looking* at the data will expand its reach. bigpic.me/broadway
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Women+ Conductors on Broadway Data Visualization Contest
Broadway has a rich history of music and artistry, but until recently, little attention has been given to the representation of female and nonbinary conductors, music directors, and music supervisors ...
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 05/01/2026
If you are into data and music (and especially Broadway musicals) THIS IS FOR YOU! Join me and the stellar team I've been working with for a 20-minute Livestream on January 6 at 11 AM EST. Women+ Conduct on Broadway Data Visualization Contest. www.eventbrite.com/e/women-cond...
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 19/12/2025
HOW COOL IS THIS TABLE?! The table on the left shows my results for the first three tournaments I've played in Learned League. The green highlights are lightly-rendered bars. I drew the bars in the table on the right in case you don't see them on the left. Great way to augment a table.
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 17/12/2025
Folks, here's a link to my newsletter where I express my exasperation with LinkedIn. Maybe we can get a critical mass of data viz people to agree to put in real effort to make BlueSky social work. mailchi.mp/b0a153ba5843...
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I'm exasperated with LinkedIn. How about you?
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 10/12/2025
Women+ Conduct on Broadway Data Visualization Contest I've been working for the past few months with some great collaborators to bring this contest into fruition. Learn more: forms.gle/xwPYxFehjfmT...
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Women+ Conduct on Broadway Data Visualization Contest
Broadway has a rich history of music and artistry, but until recently, little attention has been given to the representation of female and nonbinary conductors, music directors, and music supervisors ...
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 04/12/2025
You can now get LIFETIME access to my *updated* Visualizing Survey Data Using Tableau On-Demand course. Learn more at bigpic.me/course #surveydata
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 04/12/2025
Come join me, @abmakulec.bsky.social, @acotgreave.bsky.social, and Jeffrey Shaffer as we explore some of the highlights (and lowlights) of data visualization in 2025. Like the BBC News, our goal is to inform, educate, and entertain. (But without any scandals). buytickets.at/datarevelati...
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 12/11/2025
If you are into music and data (or music and history, or music and anthropology, or music and politics) this edition of Chart Chat is for you! We'll be talking with musician, author, and fellow data nerd Chris Dalla Riva about his new book, "Uncharted Territory." buytickets.at/datarevelati...
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 29/09/2025
Monday bass delights. Live recording of Stevie Wonder performing "For Once In My Life." KILLER bass playing from then 18-year-old Michael Henderson. Apparently, Miles Davis caught one of the shows and told Wonder "I'm stealing your bass player." stevewexlertopshelf.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/f...
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For Once in My Life — An Appreciation of Michael Henderson
I think I own everything that Stevie Wonder has recorded and released, going back to the early 1960s.  On a recent plane ride to Omaha with my iPhone in shuffle mode I stumbled across a live record…
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 08/09/2025
Monday Bass Delight. "What's The Buzz" from Jesus Christ Superstar. Alan Spenner (Joe Cocker) on bass. A veritable clinic on I to IV. So inventive and so in-the-pocket. Great tone, too. youtu.be/0X4h9TEwPRY?...
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What's The Buzz / Strange Thing Mystifying
YouTube video by Yvonne Elliman - Topic
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 04/08/2025
How does Andy Borowitz come up with this stuff, day after day? Brilliant. www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-taps...
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Trump Taps George Santos to Head Dept. Of Labor Statistics
Beltway insiders are calling it one of the most stunning political comebacks in American history.
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 23/04/2025
Hey dashboard designers: This may be controversial, but I think a dashboard is a terrible place to *tell* a data story. But a good dashboard can be an indispensable tool for helping you and your organization *find* data stories worth telling. Learn more at buytickets.at/datarevelati...
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 22/04/2025
Hey, dashboard designers: Is this chart in your chart vocabulary? It's one of my favorite ways to show "now vs. then" along with percent change. We'll examine this chart--and dozens--more in my upcoming dashboard design workshop May 27 and 29. Learn more at buytickets.at/datarevelati...
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 09/04/2025
FAVOR: Please take this one-question survey. If my theory is correct, we'll have some interesting data to visualize. www.surveymonkey.com/r/8BLVDW9
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What do you think of anchovies?
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 25/03/2025
Not one but TWO dashboard design workshops coming up soon! May 27 and 29 -- Online (two half-days). June 5 -- In person as part of the Marketing Analytics Summit on Phoenix. May: buytickets.at/datarevelati... June: marketinganalyticssummit.com/workshop/bui...
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 17/03/2025
I'm delighted that I will be presenting twice at the upcoming Tableau Conference. 1) **Visualizing Survey Data with Tableau** After a multi-year hiatus I'll be sharing what's new, what's stood the test of time, and what you absolutely need to know in order to excel in your survey data efforts.
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 27/01/2025
I'm agonizing over an essay I'm writing about storyFINDING vs. StoryTELLING vs StorySPINNING. I'm in the "it's easier to research than to write" phase. I came across this terrific post (and viewpoint) from @visualisingdata.com. See visualisingdata.com/2015/02/visu...
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Is it the visualisation or the data we like? - Data Viz Excellence, Everywhere
I'm musing about this visualisation work that has received a lot of love and attention on blogs and social media over the past few days. Created by the excellent people in the Wall Street Journal grap...
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 27/01/2025
I'm a big fan of @borowitzreport.bsky.social. He's a brilliant satirist. This article pushed me past the tipping point. I encourage to you to read it and share with friends. www.borowitzreport.com/p/time-to-un...
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My War with Facebook
Now it’s personal.
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 22/01/2025
@infowetrust.com I'm grateful for the good you bring into the world. And now with the updated and remastered version, you've brought some "better" into the world. I encourage people to visit infowetrust.com
A copy of the first edition of RJ Andrews' book "Info Trust" and the updated and remastered version. The first one is labeled "good." The second is labeled "better."
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 19/01/2025
This just nails it.
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 15/01/2025
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...
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Unfair Comparisons: How Visualizing Social Inequality Can Make It Worse - Nightingale
Our new research shows how popular chart choices can trigger unconscious social biases and reinforce systemic racism.
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 12/01/2025
We need your help! Please take this two-question survey about whether you think most dashboards fail. I'm working with Jeff Shaffer, @acotgreave.bsky.social and @abmakulec.bsky.social and with just a few more responses we'll be able to narrow the margin of error. www.surveymonkey.com/r/K6YGR6Z
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Your Thoughts About Dashboards
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 10/01/2025
I have no idea how Amazon's algorithm works, but the price for The Big Book of Dashboards is the lowest it's ever been (at least in the US.) www.amazon.com/dp/1119282713 @acotgreave.bsky.social
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The Big Book of Dashboards: Visualizing Your Data Using Real-World Business Scenarios
The Big Book of Dashboards: Visualizing Your Data Using Real-World Business Scenarios: 9781119282716: Business Communication Books @ Amazon.com
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 08/01/2025
If I only had 20 seconds to advise someone about color use in data visualization, it would be this. www.linkedin.com/pulse/haiku-... @abmakulec.bsky.social @acotgreave.bsky.social
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A Haiku about color in data visualization
I think the number one infraction in data visualization is the misuse of color. If I were pressed for time and had to distill my recommendations on color into a Haiku, it would be this: Make everythin...
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 10/12/2024
How often does a CHART play a pivotal role in a TV show? This one from the Hulu mini-series "Dopesick" sure did. We'll explore this and nine other charts from TV shows in our upcoming Chart Chat on December 12. buff.ly/4irpEtP
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 09/12/2024
Is this one of the best charts EVER shown on TV? It's the infamous "pie chart of my favorite bars" from "How I Met Your Mother." We'll look at this, and nine other delights in our upcoming Chart Chat Livestream on December 12. Join us! buff.ly/4irpEtP
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 02/12/2024
Only two spots left for my upcoming dashboard design workshop on December 3 and 5. Learn more at buff.ly/3Bm0wnA
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 22/11/2024
Friends, What do you call a collection of related dashboards? Tableau has the concept of a workbook that can contain multiple dashboards. You can click something in one that then displays a different dashboard. I believe PowerBI calls these things either a workspace or a Power BI app.
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 20/11/2024
Now I have to find a really nice circular frame. As a business dashboard person, I'm not supposed to like this... but I do... a lot.
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 19/11/2024
Do most business / organizational dashboards fail? What do YOU think? Please let me and @abmakulec.bsky.social, Jeffrey Shaffer, and @acotgreave.bsky.social know. www.surveymonkey.com/r/K6YGR6Z
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Your Thoughts About Dashboards
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 06/11/2024
Do most dashboards fail? I'd love to know what YOU think. Please take this two-question survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/K6YGR6Z #dashboards #success #failure
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 10/10/2024
BANs (Big-Ass Numbers) I used to look at BANs--large, occasionally overstuffed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)— as ornamental rather than informational. I’ve changed my mind. At least BANs with *context*. We'll explore this in my upcoming dashboard design workshop. buff.ly/3YaZUtM
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 08/10/2024
The latest Big Book of Dashboards / Chart Chat newsletter. mailchi.mp/bigbookofdas...
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Chart Chat 55 with THE Giorgia Lupi -- and More!
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 08/10/2024
Hey dashboard designers: This may be controversial, but I think a dashboard is a terrible place to *tell* a data story. But a good dashboard can be an indispensable tool for helping you and your organization *find* data stories worth telling. Learn more at buff.ly/3YaZUtM
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 07/10/2024
Hey, dashboard designers: Is this chart in your chart vocabulary? It's one of my favorite ways to show "now vs. then" along with percent change. We'll examine this chart--and dozens--more in my upcoming dashboard design workshop December 3 and 5. Learn more at buff.ly/3BqDagl
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 01/10/2024
Very excited. THE Giorgia Lupi will be our guest on Chart Chat on October 23 at 11 AM EDT. Register for free at buytickets.at/datarevelati...
Playful image of Giorgia Lupi for Chart Chat on October 23 at 11 AM EDT.
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 01/10/2024
I’m Steve Wexler, chief chart looker-atter at Data Revelations. I am one of three authors of The Big Book of Dashboards and the author of The Big Picture. I'll be presenting a dashboard design workshop online on Dec 3 and 5. Learn more at buff.ly/3BqDagl EARLY-BIRD pricing ends October 31.
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 01/10/2024
This seems to be a good place to post about why I quit X (Twitter). See www.datarevelations.com/why-i-quit-x...
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Why I Quit X (Twitter) - Data Revelations
Last week I saw a reprehensible and delusional post from Elon Musk on his social media platform, X. Shortly thereafter I read Robert Reich’s Guardian opinion piece on how Elon Musk has gained a conce...
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 12/09/2024
Ten years ago. I had the good sense to listen and not talk. Jock Mackinlay said "I sat next to him at the last conference. You take the seat." Thank you, Jock.
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 11/09/2024
September's show is a deep dive into the latest goings on we've seen in data graphics this summer. We'll also share some highlights of our upcoming book. And... we're going REALLY DEEP into population pyramids Look out for Andy's rant! buytickets.at/datarevelati... with @abmakulec.bsky.social
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 10/09/2024
I'm seeing a lot of very thoughtful data viz-type folks here who are posting very thoughtful content and realize I'm not contributing at all. I will rectify that soon as I don't want to just take.
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 08/03/2024
A nod to @infowetrust.com from our latest Chart Chat episode. www.youtube.com/live/HFZGYJt...
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 04/03/2024
Please join me, Amanda Makulec, Jeffrey Shaffer, and Andy Cotgreave on March 7 for Chart Chat Dynamic Duos: We'll look at chart pairings where the whole that is greater than the sum of the two parts. Register for free at buytickets.at/datarevelati...
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Steve Wexler @datarevelations.com · 26/02/2024
A question for the data viz cognoscenti. Why would you build a bee swarm plot and not a unit histogram (Wilkinson dot plot)?
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