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 3 | 2019: Federal Minimum Wage in the US
Week 3 is upon us and we’re moving from Freedom of the Press to minimum wages in the US.
Makeover Monday | Week 2 |2019: How free is the Press?
For this week’s Makeover Monday I chose a dataset about freedom of the press because this has been such an important topic across the world in the past few years.
Makeover Monday | Week 1 | 2019: NHL Attendance
And here we go again. Week 1 once more, now my third ‘week 1’ as a co-host of #MakeoverMonday.
Makeover Monday week 52, 2018: Christmas Spending
And here we are, week 52 of 2018. Another year has come to an end. It’s year 3 for #MakeoverMonday, the social data project, year 2 for me being part of this project and I get to look back on two eventful and exciting years of driving this project for the dataviz community.
Makeover Monday week 51, 2018: London Bus Safety Performance
This week’s dataset is about the performance of London buses on safety metrics, looking at incidents and injuries involving buses.
Makeover Monday week 50, 2018: Land use by food type
It is week 50 already and where has this year gone? The 50th week of Makeover Monday in 2018 and another opportunity to improve the way we visualize and analyze data.
Makeover Monday week 49, 2018: Women Constructors in the Short Era
What a random dataset: how many women were constructors of crosswords during the Era of Will Shortz.
7 Tips for Becoming a Better Presenter
Becoming a better presenter takes practice, patience and time. Here are 7 tips based on my own experience over the last few year.
Makeover Monday week 48, 2018: The cost of a night out
As we head into ‘silly season’ and are only a few days away from December with all its Christmas parties, having a look at the cost of a night out in different cities around the world gives us an appreciation for how much a bit of entertainment will set you back.
Makeover Monday week 47, 2018: Hours Americans Need to Work to Pay Their Mortgage
After a very active day of redecorating, cycling, running and (somehow) a yoga lesson, the only thing I can still move with some coordination are my fingers on the keyboard, so let’s get into this week’s Makeover Monday challenge.
Makeover Monday week 46, 2018: Diversity in Tech
Diversity, particularly gender diversity, in business has been a hot topic for the past few years and is something we shouldn’t stop talking about until we’ve made some progress.This week’s Makeover Monday dataset looks at the makeup of workforce of different tech companies over time.
Makeover Monday week 45, 2018: US Population Predictions 2016-2060
For this week’s Makeover Monday we’re analyzing US population prediction data. Population is a fascinating topic and having such a neat dataset available certainly helps to explore it further.