iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Elisa Davis @itselisadavis.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Woooo! After years of 240 chars at a time I'm writing paragraphs. Thanks to everyone who's coming along for the (longform) ride. I appreciate you ❤️

image reads: 100 subscribers. You did it. Viz & Tell by Elisa Davis has reached its first hundred subscribers.

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Elisa Davis @itselisadavis.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I've entered @tableaupublic.bsky.social's #Ironviz competition three times. Here's the complete judging feedback on my work. Check it out: open.substack.com/pub/itselisa...

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

For fellow dataviz designers, datajournalists, data science nerds and whatnot, I've created a HUUUUGGGGEEE repository of data sources, public datasets, etc⬇️ pinto-pot-721.notion.site/Data-Sources...

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Data/Sources Repo | Notion

Public Datasets & Resources

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Ines Montani 〰️ @inesmontani.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

TIL: Incorrect music metadata is a huge problem and is causing artists to lose millions in royalties. This disproportionaly affects independent musicians. But structured NLP can help! explosion.ai/blog/love-wi...

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Elisa Davis @itselisadavis.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I'm a @datavizsociety.bsky.social mentor this round, and it's inspiring all sorts of musings. Check it out! open.substack.com/pub/itselisa...

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Louis Yu @datavizlouis.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Thanks for the shoutout Elisa~ it was a really fun chat! And to anyone else who wanna chat about their #IronViz, just hit me up and we’ll make it happen 😉

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Elisa Davis @itselisadavis.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

191 people entered Iron Viz this year. I wasn’t a finalist, but I’ve still had multiple speaking opportunities because of my submission. The competition might be over, but the real value starts after you hit submit. Read more on my Substack!

Beyond the Build: How Iron Viz can level up your presentation skills. Image is words on a white background with a link to itselisadavis.substack.com

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Elisa Davis @itselisadavis.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I will be passing on this trend, as I couldn't even keep sourdough starter alive last time DIY food raising seemed like a good idea.

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Libby Heeren @libbyheeren.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Help me write a playbook of best practices for giving data-specific technical workshops or code-heavy talks. This isn't about bashing bad talks, it's about sharing experiences from which we can all learn. We'll all need slightly different things from a learning environment, so let's share. #databs

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rmoff 🏃‍♂️🫖🥓 @rmoff.net · 04/03/2025

🌟Roche’s Maxim of Data Transformation🌟 ssbipolar.com/2021/05/31/r... #dataBS

Data should be transformed as far upstream as possible, and as far downstream as necessary.

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BESegal @besegal.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Hey #XPNfam, ever wonder what new music @wxpnfm.bsky.social might play in the near future? Well, you can see if @somevelvetblog.bsky.social listens to new album releases in his Album-A-Day music diary before they air on #WXPN. Explore by year or month on #Tableau public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

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Chaz Hutton @chazhutton.com · 24/01/2025

The Perfect Movie Screen…

The comic shows a screen, it looks like a big smart TV, possibly a Samsung. Anyway, it’s sitting in front of a nice blue background and there’s some pretty average shadowing work that I should really have fixed up.

Anyway, above the screen is the title “The Perfect Movie Screen”

The screen itself is broken into smaller screens, three along the top, and six along the bottom. It’s very busy, and there’s quite a bit going on, so let’s get stuck in here.

Top left box shows The Actual Film (subtitles ON always) the next screen along shows all the actors currently in that scene, and then arrows leading out from them and crisscrossing like a circuit board, eventually linking up with all the other films those people are in on the third section.

Now on the bottom row, we start with a map showing all the filming locations, followed by an IMDB trivia section. Next up is the “Personal Life” section of each actors Wikipedia page. Next segment shows a map with your food delivery status. After that is your social media feed and finally in the last bottom right section is Wikipedia articles of things mentioned in the film.

And that’s it! The Perfect Movie Screen!

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Michael Friendly @datavisfriendly.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

New Yorker #Cartoon by Roz Chast- January 10, 2025 Who knew about Waldo and Carmen? Roz Chast as quirky as ever.

New Yorker Cartoon: Front page of a fictitious newpaper, The Daily Star, with the headline:
WALDO and CARMEN SANDIEGO FOUND!
Underneath:
Shacked up in cozy love nest!
Carmen to the world: "LEAVE US ALONE!"

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Ryan Thibodaux @notmrtibbs.com · 21/01/2025

Full voting results per the BBWAA:

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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

If anyone happens to need it this week for...reasons...this is the best graphic on the complexity of human sex determination I've ever seen. I use it in an undergrad course on gene regulatory mechanisms. Shoutout to @unamandita.bsky.social! www.scientificamerican.com/article/beyo...

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Beyond XX and XY: The Extraordinary Complexity of Sex Determination

A host of factors figure into whether someone is female, male or somewhere in between

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 19/01/2025

I’m seeing some new folks on this here platform complaining about a lack of engagement & interaction. Here’s the thing: Without an algorithm shoveling things at you (thank the gods), interaction *is* different and something you have to, well, actively generate. Here’s what I find works:

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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

lmao no, TikTok users are not moving to Bluesky. They would literally rather learn Mandarin than learn how to read a feed of text posts. This is a millennial retirement home.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

It’s Friday night. Turn off the news this weekend. Avoid politics. Have dinner with friends and family. Play board games. Go for a nice walk. Watch a romcom. Eat food that’s bad for you and terribly delicious. Ban nonsense from your weekend. Friendly advice. 💜

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Team Datafam @team-datafam.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Latest TUG is youtu.be/XomcdKCboi0 Nir Smilga presents The Beatles - Song Writers per Album @itselisadavis.bsky.social "Chappell Roan" viz highlights the career of an amazing pop artist Ojoswi Basu - Community Spotlight Author LOTS of awesome content @ youtube.com/@TeamDataFam #datafam

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Michael Friendly @datavisfriendly.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

#TodayinHistory #dataviz #Onthisday #OTD 📊 💀 Jan 15, 1994 Roger M. Goldwyn died 1971: development of the radial star plot to represent multivariate data (vertices at equally spaced intervals, distance from center ~ value of a variable) [But first invented by Georg von Mayr, 1877]

Star plot of 7 crime rates in US cities shown by radial spokes proportional to each given crime. Data for 16 cities are shown in a 4 x 4 grid, from Hartford CT in the upper left, smallest in total crime, down to Los Angeles at bottom right, the largest total crime.

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Elisa Davis @itselisadavis.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

If you missed it, I talked about design, inspiration and wireframing of my Chappell Roan themed Iron Viz entry at the Tableau Public TUG. (~min 11) Enjoy! youtu.be/3PSj3Ym5FMA

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PublicTUG January Meeting 2025

YouTube video by Tableau PublicTUG

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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 16/01/2025

bot that puts 3 verbs in a row in a live laugh love font but it chooses from any verb

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Data Visualization Society @datavizsociety.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

📊 Get productive in our next free coworking event on Jan 28 at 12 pm GMT. Work on your #dataviz project, meet like-minded individuals, and hold each other accountable in a supportive environment. Sign up: buff.ly/41TDSxZ

DATA VIZ COWORKING SESSION. Jan 28 • 12pm GMT. Feeling like your solo data viz work could use a spark? Join the Data Visualization Society's Collaborative Coworking Sessions to tackle your projects with fresh perspective and renewed focus, all while building connections with peers in a supportive, collective space.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Who lived when? Some surprises here

A timeline infographic titled "The Big Map of Who Lived When?" showing notable historical figures across various fields from 1200 to 2000 CE, categorized by profession and era.

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁 We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive

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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 08/01/2025

I went wild this week and created a new Tableau Public viz *and* an accompanying blog post. Check out my favorite 12 tips for putting the finishing touches on your dashboards! Viz: public.tableau.com/app/profile/... Blog Post: annpregler.com/2025/01/07/1... Ok, that's enough for the first week...

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12 Tiny Dashboard Upgrades — Ann Pregler

Have you ever finished a Tableau dashboard project and been lucky enough to have a little extra time? Once the data is validated, the stakeholders’ needs are met, and the design is flowing, you might ...

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Gregg @gregghirshberg.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

If you are interested in having a #tableau #dashboard built using #data from @stathead.com please fill out the request form linked below. I would love to work with you: docs.google.com/forms/d/1Tbx... Here are some examples: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

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Data Visualization Society @datavizsociety.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

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: buff.ly/3DGzBE6📊

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Elisa Davis @itselisadavis.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

#doArt I have a life drawing book. I am attempting to get better at being okayish at things. Here are my awkward cats. Including guest artist collab w/my kiddo, age 6

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Elisa Davis @itselisadavis.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

More of my #doArt resolution: learning brush calligraphy

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Elisa Davis @itselisadavis.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I think I am settling in on a New Year’s resolution of: Make Art Stuff Most Days. Exhibit one, I mended pants with my new mending loom. And it was fun!

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Yan Holtz @yan-holtz.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Need a color palette for #dataviz? ➡️ Check my color palette finder! 🚀 2500 palettes available 👀 Instantly see how palette looks like on 7 charts ⌨️ R/Python code available ☑️ Test for color-blindness 🔎 Filter palettes easily matplotlib-journey.com/module2/pypalettes

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Nael Shiab @naelshiab.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Exciting news! 🎉 I’m pressing pause on my work at CBC News for the next three months to focus on a passion project: www.code-like-a-journalist.com. It’s a free, open-source online course designed to teach data analysis and visualization using TypeScript. 🚀 Stay tuned!

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Code Like a Journalist

A free online data analysis and data visualization course using TypeScript by computational journalist Nael Shiab.

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Brittany @brrosenau.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Tableau Visionary Nominations close this Thursday, Jan 9th. If you’d like to see the diversity of this group change, please consider nominating folks from underrepresented groups. More info linked in the interactive viz. Views presented are my own. 📊: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

tableau dashboard showing that the tableau visionary hall of fame is made of 26% (6) women. the % of women over time is represented in a stacked bar, going from 0% in 2012 to 41% in 2024.

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Emily De Padua @emdepad.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

In less than two weeks, we’ll find out the results of the Iron Viz Qualifier. Repeat with me—the worth of your entry is not dictated by a panel of judges. Your entry mattered because it made it to the finish line & you learned something new. 💛

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 03/01/2025

in case you needed a reason to volunteer at your local public library: today the librarians let me pick a theme for and then curate one of the featured displays. time to get this town reading more space operas!

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Elisa Davis @itselisadavis.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

New work is in the public domain. Why does this matter for data folks? Well, if you want to use graphics in your work, these are all fair game!

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Tom Fowler @tableautom.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Using 2024 as my personal @tableaupublic.bsky.social deadline, a new #tableau #dataviz for showcasing the first 100 words my son spoke, into a Tableau Scrabble dashboard: public.tableau.com/app/profile/... Thanks to @johandegroot.bsky.social for being a solid sounding board and image enhancement

Scrabble board built in Tableau of the first 100 words my son spoke

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Louis Yu @datavizlouis.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

My christmas present 🎁 to the #datafam was to create videos for a small subset of the amazing #IronViz 📊 entries and to help them share their stories. Check out the blog for the curated list and enjoy! Merry Christmas y’all 🎅🏼❄️☃️❤️ datavizlouis.webflow.io/post/secrets...

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Georgios Karamanis @karaman.is · 22/12/2024

D&D spells for this week's #TidyTuesday Code: github.com/gkaramanis/t... #RStats #dataviz

A faceted visualization showing D&D Free Rules spells organized by school of magic and character class. Each facet contains circle pack layouts where circles represent individual spells, with size and color indicating spell level. The background is beige with dark brown header bars containing white text. Schools of magic are shown vertically while character classes are arranged horizontally.

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Crystal Lee @handle.invalid · 20/12/2024

omg I would watch this so fast

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Andy Kriebel @nextleveltableau.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Inspired by Nicholas Lea-Trengrouse's custom calendar visual in PBI, I've rebuilt it in Tableau. No extensions required. I think you'll love the trick I did with the title so that you can't click on it. Get the workbook -> public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

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Jacque Schrag @jacqueschrag.com · 29/02/2024

Welcome to the 📊 Data Viz feed! This feed is designed to encourage sharing work and all kinds of discussion related to the broad field of data viz. To participate, you must: - Include 📊, #dataviz, or #datavis in your post - Be added to the account list. Sign up here: forms.gle/mcVVczaQCBJL...

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Amanda Makulec @abmakulec.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

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

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Information is Beautiful Awards 2024

The Information is Beautiful Awards celebrate excellence and beauty in data visualizations, infographics and information art.

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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 14/12/2024

After trying desktop Tableau for a year, I’ve decided not to renew the license. Recommendations for a free/cheap alternative for sharing maps where I’m able to embed a map on another org’s website? Tableau Public is my default option.

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