Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 22/09/2026Built a visualization for @yalehealthlab.bsky.social to support the release of their paper examining the rising cost health premiums. premiums.healthcareaffordabilitylab.org 2102
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 21/09/2026So much wonderful mapping by @aaronjbecker.bsky.social Do yourself a favour and browse around for a bit. mapped.earthmapped.earthmapped.earth — The Earth, Rendered as Data | mapped.earthMaps and geography as a way to see the planet — a live 3D wind globe, short-form map reels, and writing about winds, currents, terrain, borders, and the shapes underneath the numbers. 022
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 02/09/2026This article by Bhavin Lathia is excellent. nightingaledvs.com/make-the-inv...nightingaledvs.comMake the Invisible Tangible: Turning Time Gaps into Distance, NightingaleTurn an abstract quantity into a physical distance and draw it to scale, and a number nobody can feel becomes one anybody can see. 010
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 20/07/2026Good Read. Great title, by @pinakographos.bsky.social somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2026/07/19/o...somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.comOn SinTo make maps, we must sin against the landscape. We distort the earth’s roundness, and we simplify complex realities down to a series of colors and symbols. Ancient trees become a scattering … 082
Reposted by Joey Cherdarchuk - ObumbrattaNicholas Rougeux @rougeux.bsky.social · 08/07/2026New: I spent nine months creating a digital edition of The Naturalist’s Library, William Jardine’s 40-volume 19th-century natural history series. 1,300+ plates restored, 2.4m words, 27 posters, and 1 huge book. Explore: www.c82.net/naturalists-... How it was made: www.c82.net/blog/making-... 24213
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 09/07/2026Curious about the makeup of the US Supreme Court? Here's a look at it's history usafacts.org/articles/the... 000
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 19/06/2026A look a midterm election voting patterns for @usafacts.org usafacts.org/articles/who... 010
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 19/03/2026One of the fun parts of my job is working with @amberthomas.bsky.social to make visuals for USAFacts. Here are two I've recently worked on usafacts.org/articles/con... usafacts.org/articles/how... I'm on the lookout for new projects if you want to create a visualization or interactive data tool 010
Reposted by Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbrattadan @danabra.mov · 07/03/2026having used claude extensively for the past couple of months, i think there is still a lot of value to understanding your code and steering it intentionally. the amount of incidental complexity claude accumulates otherwise (which mostly results in bugs that it can't ever fix reliably) is staggering. 3058763
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 27/02/2026Great article from @scientificdiscovery.dev on why data viz matters and how to do it well www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu... ht @visualisingdata.comscientificdiscovery.devSaloni's guide to data visualizationWhy data visualization matters, and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful. 050
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 27/02/2026This collection of free and useful tools is so wonderful tools.rmv.fyi 083
Reposted by Joey Cherdarchuk - ObumbrattaSimon H @dummdidumm.bsky.social · 20/02/2026New in Svelte: Comments inside component/element tags! 1117220
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 19/02/2026I identified with all 20 of @parabole.bsky.social's salient learnings www.theplot.media/p/give-me-20theplot.mediaGive me 20Learnings from a 10 years+ data storytelling journey 261
Reposted by Joey Cherdarchuk - ObumbrattaVoilà: Francis Gagnon @chezvoila.com · 20/01/2026I have enjoyed this post by Nikita Prokopov so much, as a Mac user, as a designer, and most of all as a stickler. Lots of takeaways for UI and information designers, starting with "adding an icon to everything is exactly the wrong thing to do".tonsky.meIt’s hard to justify Tahoe iconsLooking at the first principles of icon design—and how Apple failed to apply all of them in macOS Tahoe 1104
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 21/01/2026A thread with all my data visualization tips and redesigns. Mainly for my own convenience. 2252
Reposted by Joey Cherdarchuk - ObumbrattaNicholas Rougeux @rougeux.bsky.social · 08/01/2026My personal projects are my escape from reality—each one its own little world that rewards slow, diligent work. I enjoy watching them evolve from nothing or a forgotten something into a brand new thing for others to enjoy. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t making something and I love it. 0123
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 07/01/2026Nicholas's process is intricate, exacting, and inspiring. That something I made might make its way into it brings me considerable joy. 141
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 07/01/2026New Year, New Colour Tool for you data visualizers and maybe the odd designer obumbratta.com/colour 826264
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 06/08/2025So glad to hear this. I have many many links that should now be unbroken. 030
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 16/07/2025Since you folks seem to like lengthy threads, let's look at visualizing distributions. I'll visualize one data set 16 ways and give some other examples of each chart type. #dataViz 37518
Reposted by Joey Cherdarchuk - ObumbrattaMicah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 30/06/2025Speaking of labyrinthine contortions, though, here's a little thread of some of my favourite viz over the years. 1315
Reposted by Joey Cherdarchuk - ObumbrattaFrank Elavsky (he/him) ⌁ @frank.computer · 16/06/2025Woah!! My old animation made it into Joey's mega-thread on animation in visualization. I was shocked to see this! This thread is incredible. It's hard to overstate how informative and impressive the thread is. It's really helpful! 2162
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 15/05/2025What is #dataviz animation good for? An updated thread with examples. 710326
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 18/04/2025I like how this chart makeover uses the same chart type and even the same layout but by focusing on colours and labelling it significantly improves the ease with which it can be interpreted 040
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 18/04/2025I worked on this project with the tremendous team at Voilà. I really care about the user experience in all my projects so I'm quite chuffed we we an honouree for "best user experience" from the Webby Awards. 131
Reposted by Joey Cherdarchuk - ObumbrattaMatthew Kay @mjskay.com · 18/04/2025Dotplots With good defaulta it beats the obvious alternatives, scales better than people think (like 10000+ data points) and isn't as sensitive to binwidth or bandwidth estimators Density? Nope dotplot Histogram? Nope dotplot Violin? Nope dotplot 69920
Reposted by Joey Cherdarchuk - ObumbrattaRobert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 08/04/2025I love these Ovechkin shot placement maps from @evolving-hockey.com & @theathletic.bsky.social Unfortunately, I can’t find the gift link button: www.nytimes.com/athletic/623... 📊#dataviz 072
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 03/04/2025I return to @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social 's Silly Geographic Precision table whenever I see the coordinates in a file I'm trying to make smaller. Latest file was mapping atoms. uxblog.idvsolutions.com/2013/11/sill... 194
Reposted by Joey Cherdarchuk - ObumbrattaEvan Peck @peck.phd · 20/11/2024Nifty design: You can take advantage of left-to-right reading to tell a story with your labels. Here, FT could have put "They represent the working class" on the right axis next to other labels, but this layout causes you to focus on it *first*, and then pay attention to its decline. 31498
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 28/02/2025It is fine to start your line chart axes at something other than zero, especially when small variations are important. You can give hints that your axis doesn’t start at zero by placing additional space below the data, removing the baseline, and/or adding a broken axis symbol 📊 #VizTips 2253
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 27/02/2025It's always interesting to see all the steps that go into creating something that looks "simple" and remains intuitive. 060
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 24/02/2025Wealthsimple's newsletter this month actually has an excellent section on chart crimes. tldr-archive.wealthsimple.com/archive/33-%... Some great examples and explanation in there, which doesn't always happen when newsletter or blog content strays into our area of expertise.tldr-archive.wealthsimple.com🕵️ We solved a crimeFebruary 24, 2025 [Sign Up](https://clicks.wealthsimple.com/f/a/pYu3aDGzFeEAVG3x1ctprg~~/AAQRxRA~/bZVr_3IZNghAqDvhtoqNxoEODIuXU7-gOEbi5nJpLAk22QEnLFpPB2zuo_zDQ 120
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 21/02/2025Describing this as a "technique to avoid misleading the viewer" feels like AI is misleading the reader. "It's a feature not a bug". 031
Reposted by Joey Cherdarchuk - ObumbrattaRobert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 20/02/2025These were both great! (And lots of other links to read, too.) This bit resonated with me: “I have no idea what you’re talking about. I can read box plots just fine and so can the audiences for my charts.” Experts often don’t realize how much work it took to *become* an expert. 181
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 20/02/2025Some talented folks on this Judging Panel and then there is this one dude who looks a lot like me... and has the same name as me... uh oh, that might actually be me. 030
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 19/02/2025Nicholas's process walk throughs are unbelievably good... the tedium in excellence is awe inspiring. 060
Reposted by Joey Cherdarchuk - ObumbrattaNick Desbarats @nickdesb.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Happy New Year! Kick it off by enjoying my rant about beautiful but unintuitive hotel shower faucets and what they might teach us about charts that prioritize beauty over usefulness. www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-kind...linkedin.comI kind of hate beautiful hotel shower faucetsTrigger warning: This post isn’t (directly) dataviz-related. Not to flex or anything, but I’m somewhat of a connoisseur of hotel shower faucets. 021
Reposted by Joey Cherdarchuk - ObumbrattaVoilà: Francis Gagnon @chezvoila.com · 18/02/2025Do we have any working theory on why so many companies suck at this? Their job is to communicate an email update. The original actively buries it. Joey's redesign is perfect, but also accessible to mere humans. And yet. Anyway, brillant work Joey, as always. #redesign 381
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 18/02/2025You can explore *and search* the US budget in this interactive visual I made with the phenomenal @amberthomas.bsky.social usafacts.org/government-s...usafacts.orgUS government finance statistics, charts, and trends | USAFactsGet data-driven insights into how governmental revenue and spending affect American lives and programs. Get insight into Congressional and judicial decisions, programs like Medicare, Social Security, ... 1317
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 18/02/2025Each month I receive this email from TransUnion and each month I have to struggle to determine if everything is okay. Intentional information design can make it better. #unsolicitedRedesign 291
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 03/12/2024Using dots instead of bars can reduce the heaviness of a chart with many items. 130
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 29/11/2024Stacked charts can obscure patterns in data. Only the first series and total afford easy interpretation. Unless those two are more important than the rest, consider breaking things up into multiple smaller charts to understand both proportions and patterns for each of your series. 141
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 25/11/2024Your map’s legend can be turned into a histogram, helping your audience understand the distribution in addition to decoding the colours. 1347486
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 23/11/2024Horizontal bar charts provide room for longer titles and keep your audience from having to tilt their heads. 030
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 22/11/2024Maps are for context. Simplified, desaturated maps pushed to the background allow your data points to pop. 000
Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 21/11/2024Direct labeling makes it easier to quickly interpret the visuals, allowing the viewer to find the information they need right where they need it. 090
