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 38, 2018: Train vs Plane: What’s the real cost of travel?
Faced with this question for my very frequent trips which see me to go different places at least twice a month, I actually stumbled on this viz and dataset through my twitter feed and thought it would be great for MakeoverMonday
Makeover Monday week 37, 2018: Paying the President
For week 37 we are looking at the spending of people and organisations with funds going to Trump’s companies.
Makeover Monday week 36, 2018: Nike Manufacturing Sites
And because everyone is talking about maps, this week brings another mapping dataset for Makeover Monday, featuringan interactive map of countries where Nike factories are located
Makeover Monday week 35, 2018: Wearable Technology
Thanks Andy for making it easy for us this week with a simple bar chart to make over, looking at wearable technology and which body part we attach devices to.
Makeover Monday week 34, 2018: Visualizing Conflict
This week we’re collaborating with ACLEDÂ to visualize the conflict data they have collected over time.
Makeover Monday week 33, 2018: Anthony Bourdain’s travel summary
Andy’s choice of dataset this week is one that summarises Anthony Bourdain’s travels as he cooked and filmed in different locations to show people what and how others eat.
Makeover Monday week 32, 2018: What countries spend on R&D
We’re looking at what countries spend on Research & Development, data which is provided by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Makeover Monday week 31, 2018: The Big Mac Index
This week we’re working on the dataset behind the Big Mac Index. Many from the community will be familiar with the topic because it featured in this year’s Ironviz Europe contest.
A mindset of abundance
A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.Zen Shin
Makeover Monday, week 30 2018: Maternity Leave
A look at maternity leave at full pay in different countries across the world.
Makeover Monday week 29, 2018: Historical NBA Team Spending against the Cap
Andy actually did it: he pulled Basketball data on me! But hey, all good, we all have to occasionally work with data we know nothing about.
Makeover Monday week 28, 2018: Volcanic Eruptions
After an exciting week in London last week with #TC18Europe and a training session with our friends from Mapbox, I decided on a dataset for Makeover Monday that contains lots of geospatial information. Enter: Volcanic Eruptions.