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.
Makeover Monday | Week 26 | 2019: Alcohol consumption by country
Alcohol seems to be involved in every major celebration but equally in a typical Friday afternoon and for #MakeoverMonday in this week we’ll look at alcohol consumption.
Makeover Monday | Week 25 | 2019: Berlin Air BnB Ratings
For week 25 and our #MakeoverMonday live event at Tableau Conference 2019 in Berlin, Andy picked a dataset about Air BnB ratings in the German capital.
Makeover Monday | Week 24 | 2019: Same-sex couples and sexual relations
It’s Pride Month which offers a great opportunity to remind people that we’re not done yet when it comes to equality.So it’s important to use our #MakeoverMonday platform also to highlight inequality, attitudes, opinions and perceptions.
Makeover Monday | Week 23 | 2019
I’ve noticed the community putting in the extra effort when a dataset ‘matters’ from a societal, political, environmental or ethical perspective.So for this week we’re looking at the topic of sleep.
MakeoverMonday | Week 22 | 2019: CO2 Emissions per capita
In my mind there is no bigger issue right now than that of climate change. Because it affects all of us. All 7 billion people.
Makeover Monday | Week 21 | 2019: Fatal Bear Attacks in North America
For this week Andy chose a dataset about bear attacks that ended fatally. My makeover focused on creating a very simple bar chart.
Makeover Monday | Week 20 | 2019: Rhino Poaching in South Africa
After a few weeks of more in-depth datasets I decided to use a dataset that was shorter and simpler, with the option for people to add more context should they wish to do so.
Makeover Monday | Week 19 | 2019: Major League Baseball Most Cost Effective Batters
For week 19 Andy picked baseball data and I’ll be the first to admit that I expected it to not be fun, because it’s a topic I know nothing about and I wasn’t quite ready to spend hours learning about baseball. Until I did.
Makeover Monday | Week 18 | 2019: ISS Spacewalks
When I came across a dataset about spacewalks at the International Space Station, I knew I had to use it for Makeover Monday, especially because there were so many awesome vizzes from a previous NASA dataset about solar eclipses.
Makeover Monday | Week 17 | 2019: Stephen Curry’s Stadium Popcorn Rankings
Andy found a great dataset for this week’s challenge: rankings of stadium popcorn at NBA stadiums across the US.I created a viz that’s very similar to the original, because I liked it already
Makeover Monday | Week 16 | 2019
For this week’s makeover, we’re collaborating with RJ Andrews on his recent book ‘Info We Trust’. RJ gave me a fun word cloud and the data behind the 270 most common word-forms in the book.
Makeover Monday | Week 15 | 2019: Ranking States by Fiscal Condition
For this week’s Makeover, Andy picked a dataset that looks at the fiscal health of all 50 US states. Where do different states place in the ranking?