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 2020 Week 31: UK visits abroad
For this week’s #MakeoverMonday we’re looking at how many visits abroad people from the UK are making on a monthly basis.
#MakeoverMonday 2020 Week 30: Women in Power
This week sees us tackle another #Viz5 dataset, focusing on a gender equality topic: women in power, i.e. the parliamentary representation of women. The dataset comes from the World Bank and the team at Operation Fistula created a visualization for us to use as a starting point.
#MakeoverMonday 2020 Week 29: The Global Divide on Homosexuality Persists
#MakeoverMonday is a great learning tool for anyone who participates and I’ve enjoyed the more challenging topics lately, because they result in such great work from our community. People really put in the effort when a topic is a bit heavier and requires more thought, analysis and careful visualization.
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 28: Penguin Flipper and Bill Length at Palmer Station
Sometimes I stumble across dataviz gems with topics that make me smile. This is one of those weeks with the topic being the flipper and bill length of different types of penguins in Antarctica.
#MakeoverMonday 2020 Week 27: Comparing common mental disorders by sex
For this week’s #MakeoverMonday, Charlie chose a chart from a BBC article about the prevalence of mental health issues between men and women and across different age groups.
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 26: Women’s Economic Empowerment #Viz5
For week 26 of this year, we are tackling another dataset about Gender Equality. This time the data comes from the World Bank and looks at Women’s Economic Empowerment.
#MakeoverMonday 2020 Week 25: Amazon’s tiny profits explained
Fos this week’s #MakeoverMonday challenge, Charlie picked a chart about Amazon’s revenue vs profit. Line charts are a great way to capture time-series data at different levels of granularity.
#MakeoverMonday 2020 Week 24: The rise of soccer
In #MakeoverMonday we naturally mix heavier topics with some lighter and easier ones. We also aim to have a good variety of datasets. For this week I chose soccer in the US as a topic.
#MakeoverMonday 2020 Week 23: Animal-free products consumption in Great Britain
This week Charlie chose a viz about the eating habits of people in the UK. Plant-based foods and a plant-based diet have become more popular, with an increasing number of people also choosing to go vegan. The below visualization is from Statista who asked people how...
#MakeoverMonday 2020 Week 22: Safe Houses for Girls and Women At Risk of FGM
Our collaboration with Operation Fistula for #Viz5 is here with another dataset. This time the topic is pretty horrific, which makes it all the more important to talk about and tackle. We’re looking at FGM, female genital mutilation, and more specifically the safe houses provided by nonprofits in Tanzania for girls and women who are at risk.
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 21: Visualizing 40 Years of Music Industry Sales
For this week’s #MakeoverMonday, Charlie picked a dataset about music industry sales in the US.
#MakeoverMonday 2020, Week 20: Auto Insurance Rate by State in 2020
For this week’s MakeoverMonday challenge we are looking at car insurance rates – the minimum and the maximum – for each US state. There are significant differences between the states and the visualization I found that aims to show these differences is in need of a makeover.