Maps 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.

Turn an abstract quantity into a physical distance and draw it to scale, and a number nobody can feel becomes one anybody can see.

To 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 …

Why data visualization matters, and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.

Learnings from a 10 years+ data storytelling journey

Looking at the first principles of icon design—and how Apple failed to apply all of them in macOS Tahoe