Blog | Eva Murray

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 19 | 2019: Major League Baseball Most Cost Effective Batters

by Eva Murray

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

by Eva Murray

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

by Eva Murray

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

by Eva Murray

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

by Eva Murray

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?

Mindfulness stuff

by Eva Murray

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?

by Eva Murray

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

by Eva Murray

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...