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.
Mindfulness stuff
In an effort to ensure my emotional and mental wellbeing (because I’m pretty sorted with the eating and exercise stuff), I’ve built new habits into my day.
Makeover Monday | Week 14 | 2019: What kind of waste appears on UK beaches?
We as humans have a poor track record when it comes to looking after the planet we live on. Quite frankly, we’re awful at it and plastic waste is a massive contributor to the problem.
Makeover Monday | Week 13 | 2019: Consumer Spending by Generation
For week 13 we are using a viz about consumer spending by generation, using data that indicates what people spend their money on and how it differs depending on how old they are. What works well: A stacked bar chart that goes to 100% makes it easier to compare the...
Makeover Monday | Week 12 | 2019: How do we really feel about women leaders?
The Reykjavik Index proved to be an excellent topic and data and charts to draw inspiration from and I wanted to see how the community would re-imagine the dataset.
Makeover Monday | Week 11 | 2019: Philadelphia Real Estate Transfers
For this week, we’re looking at Real Estate Transfers in Philadelphia. My focus is on how the Great Recession impacted the local property market.
Makeover Monday | Week 10 | 2019: World Development Indicators – Health and Equality
For week 10 we are collaborating with the team at Operation Fistula to support their mission and to bring more visibility and awareness to the issue of obstetric fistula (‘the worst thing you’ve never heard of’).
Makeover Monday | Week 9 | 2019: The economic value of the UK bicycle industry
For this week’s MakeoverMonday challenge, we look at data about bicycle imports to the UK from 2010 – 2016.
Makeover Monday | Week 8 | 2019: Which States produce the most wind energy?
This week we look at how much wind energy is produced in different US states
Makeover Monday | Week 7 | 2019: President Trump’s “Executive Time”
The president of the United States is a never ending source of news and analysis-worthy headlines. The recent leak of Trump’s daily schedule provided us with a nice dataset to work with for Makeover Monday and there was no hesitation to use it for this week’s challenge.
Makeover Monday | Week 6 | 2019: How Chinese New Year Compares With Thanksgiving
Sure, there is a super bowl going on, but this is my week, not Andy’s so instead of football we’re looking at Chinese New Year’s spending and how it compares to that for Thanksgiving.
Makeover Monday | Week 5 | 2019: Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI)
For week 5 we use data from the European Commission about the Digital Economy and Society Index, measuring digital performance for European countries. The original viz looks like this: What works well: Countries are sorted in descending order from highest to lowest...
Makeover Monday | Week 4 | 2019: Energy Use at 10 Downing St
I enjoy stumbling across interesting datasets and visualisations and this week that takes us to London, more specifically to 10 Downing St where the Prime Minister lives. The data contains electricity usage for the year 2017 and the original viz from Carbon Culture...