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.
Public speaking tips for everyone – my complete collection
In this blog post, I have collected all that I have learned about public speaking and the approach I take.
Makeover Monday | Week 42 | 2019: Ironman World Championship Medalists
Being a triathlete and a big Ironman Hawaii fan myself, I thought, why not challenge our Makeover Monday community to visualise the medal table for the men’s and the women’s race.
Makeover Monday | Week 41 | 2019: Donations accepted by political parties in the UK
For week 41, Andy chose a dataset about donations accepted by political parties, published by the electoral commission. The visualisation is an interactive Tableau dashboard, but it’s far from best practices and screams for a makeover
#MakeoverMonday | Week 40 | 2019: London Population Predictions
For week 40 I chose a rich dataset with a simple viz showing population predictions for London.
Makeover Monday | Week 39 | 2019: San Francisco Eviction Notices
For week 39 we are looking at eviction notices for San Francisco, leading to tenants having to vacate their homes. The original article investigates possible reasons for these evictions and finds strong indications that evictions – for whatever reason – may be linked to the tech boom and the desire by landlords to cash in on the influx of high-paid tech professionals.
#MakeoverMonday | Week 38 | 2019: Positive Impact Events – SDG Commitments by the Events Industry
This week #MakeoverMonday is collaborating once again with the team of the SDG Action Campaign ahead of the Global Goals week during the UN General Assembly.
Makeover Monday | Week 37 | 2019: James Patterson Book Checkouts in Seattle
There is a dataset we’ve had in our backlog for months and I’m excited that Andy decided to use it for this week. It’s about book checkouts at the Seattle Public Library, particularly those of work by James Patterson.
Makeover Monday | Week 36 | 2019: Fall is the favourite season for most Americans
September 1st is the first day of autumn, meteorologically speaking. So I picked a dataset about how Americans feel about the different seasons.The original viz and data comes from YouGov.
Makeover Monday | Week 35 | 2019: PCs to Become the Smallest Gaming Platform in 2018
For week 35 Andy picked a dataset about gaming and the shift from PCs and consoles to mobile.
Makeover Monday | Week 34 | 2019: Americans touch their smartphones 2,617 times a day
I recently finished the book Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport. It’s brilliant and I highly recommend it.So this week we’re looking at cellphone use by American teens and their parents.
Makeover Monday | Week 33 | 2019: A bird’s-eye view of clinical trials
This week we’re looking at a viz and data collected by Spencer Philips Hey, who brought together years worth of data about clinical trials and all their published details.
MakeoverMonday | Week 32 | 2019: Britain’s record coal-free run
By now we all know that the environment and how we treat it is something we can’t ignore any longer and we seriously need to change what we’re doing if we want our children and grand children to have a livable planet.