Nudges, Ideas and a sprinkle of career advice
This is where you’ll read from me. It’s a mix of nudges that encourage you to take the next bold step, ideas that help you make a change and advice so you can avoid the mistakes I made along the way.
From my keyboard to you. No ChatGPT involved, just a bunch of honest writing, usually done in the morning hours before the world wakes up.
I hope you enjoy it and I’d love to hear from you, so feel free to comment on these posts.
#MakeoverMonday Week 3 2021: What’s Warming The Earth?
This week I created a bar chart that shows that temperatures have risen progressively over the past few decades.
#MakeoverMonday Week 2 2021:
For this #Viz5 challenge I focused on Eswatini and the hopeful trends related to HIV infections and AIDS related deaths in the small African nation.
#MakeoverMonday Week 1 2021: The Great Bicycle Boom of 2020
As we turn over the calendar to 2021, we also kick off another year of #MakeoverMonday. This week’s visualization challenge is about the trail usage of people in the US, measured through observational data in outdoor areas where trails provide access to nature for people across the country.
#MakeoverMonday 2020 Week 52: Global Cocoa Imports
The last #MakeoverMonday of 2020 is about cocoa imports by Europe, Asia & Oceania and the Americas. Check out the bar chart I created as a makeover to address the shortcomings of the original.
#MakeoverMonday 2020 Week 51: Arsenal’s worst ever Premier League start
This week’s design comes from Canva with analysis done in Tableau to show the poor performance of Arsenal FC in the current Premier League season 2020/21
#MakeoverMonday 2020 Week 50: A Statistical Analysis of the Work of Bob Ross
This week’s dataset is all about the work of Bob Ross and the elements in his paintings and the frequency with which they appear. I focused on those elements that hardly ever got painted…
#MakeoverMonday 2020 Week 49: Transatlantic Alliance
Analyzing the transatlantic relationships between the US and Germany via a heatmap.
#MakeoverMonday 2020 Week 48: The success of Operation Fistula’s Pilot Program
For this week’s #Viz5 dataset I created an infographic in Canva, following analysis in Tableau. I used a long-form layout and was inspired by the colors of Operation Fistula’s latest social media campaign.
#MakeoverMonday 2020 Week 47: Why America’s debt doesn’t stop growing
This week we tackle data about the US economy, with a visualization from the Visual Capitalist.
#MakeoverMonday 2020 Week 46: The Majority of Advertising Dollars are Now Being Spent Online
This week I create a heat map to show changes over time, supported by sparklines and specific labelling.
#MakeoverMonday 2020 Week 45: Dedicated Video Game Sales Units
A quick and simple viz from me this week for video game sales numbers for Nintendo Switch (hardware and software).
#MakeoverMonday 2020 Week 44: #Viz5 – The Digital Gender Gap
I experimented with Canva this week to create a simple design after doing the data analysis in Tableau. I quite like this approach for small datasets and focused data stories that don’t require interactivity.