Independent creative businesses are quietly having a tough time right now. So if there’s a maker, illustrator or designer whose work you love, this is a good time to tell people about them. Buy something if you can. Share their work if you can’t. This is me www.gailmyerscough.co.uk

Takes a minute to get your head around, but these are such great charts. 📊

Looking forward to reading this. I agree that the questions we ask can be quite revealing. I did this one based on Google queries in 2020 which reveals much about how the UK reacted in a year dominated by Covid (see alt text; questions best read from top to bottom in date order through the year).

This looks such a fun read by @simonrogers.bsky.social - “What We Ask Google” (available at www.penguin.co.uk/books/470261...). Just received my copy and I love how someone framed it as an insight into how social posting reveals who we want to be (seen as), whereas search reveals who we are.

London data viz folks, there's a few of us in town on the evening of Wed 3rd June so if you're around and fancy joining for a couple of summer drinks, let us know and we'll share details of a suitably nice and conveniently located pub.

Design legend Margaret Calvert is 90 today. Look at that cake! If you've ever admired a road, rail or metro sign in Britain it's likely she had something to do with it. One of Britain's design heroes - happy birthday to her. Photo by: @oshgallerylondon (IG) Cake by: mybaker.co

We're hiring! It's only a fixed-term contract for maternity cover but the job—and the team—is interesting and fun infographics.economist.com/jobs/2026/in...

I feel a lot of David Attenborough's hard work with nature preservation is to cover for how much of a mess his brother made of that dinosaur theme park.

found this guy on Tiktok who has discovered carpenter's speed squares make an insanely satisfying noise when you bounce them off tires or wood, called @lostcoastedc on there

The featured image on this article acts like a time portal, immediately sending me straight back to being an 8 year old and all the excitement that came with the Mexico 86 sticker album not least the elusive pursuit of getting Maradona's sticker. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

When Burning Man ends, 150 people walk the playa in a forensic-style sweep. For weeks, everything they find is removed and logged. At the end, they're left with a remarkable accounting of what 70,000 people left behind: The MOOP Map. And I'm obsessed. www.not-ship.com/burning-man-...

⏳ 🗓️ We are just 1 week away from the submission deadline for Visualising Climate 2026 @visualisingclimate.com, the 1st global conference dedicated to climate data visualisation, in Bologna from 4–6 November 2026. 📊 The extended deadline for papers, talks, workshops, is Thursday 14 May at 23:00 CEST

Looking forward to welcoming everyone to Nottingham for Eurovis 2026, 8–12 June! After more than a decade, Eurovis returns to the UK, bringing together the global data visualization and explainable AI community. Get ready—we can’t wait to see you there! eurovis.org.uk #EuroVis2026 #Visualization

We've just launched the Atlas of Global Development, an online publication presenting interactive stories and data visualizations (95 of them!) on key global trends In this thread I give some background and highlight some parts of the Atlas that I find noteworthy data360.worldbank.org/en/atlas/ 1/n

I had the immense honour of being invited to work on the World Bank's Atlas of Global Development 2026 project last year and today it finally launched. I couldn't be more excited, it has been a career highlight to work with such an amazing team on this.

Announcing my next data visualisation masterclass course which is taking place in London over Tue 7 and Wed 8 July, hosted by the lovely people at Flourish in their super nice training space. visualisingdata.com/2026/04/new-...

Tomorrow is the day! What We Ask Google officially hits shelves. I can't wait for you all to read this surprisingly hopeful history of humankind. If you haven't pre-ordered yet, there's still time! whatweaskgoogle.blog

Agreed and feels like among other factors, this is probably a reflection of players now being in the analytics era where there’s so much in-house and public data around that they’re almost required to ask questions

Nice day working in the glass jungle of the City of London where I’ve been delivering the first data viz masterclass course on behalf of/in collaboration with the fine people of the Economist visual journalism team.

🎉 The European State of the Climate 2025 report is OUT 🎉 Produced by @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social & @wmo-global.bsky.social, it offers a comprehensive look at Europe’s changing climate. 🔎 Dive into the report & explore interactive resources: climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2025 #Climate #DataViz

Announcing my next data visualisation masterclass course which is taking place in London over Tue 7 and Wed 8 July, hosted by the lovely people at Flourish in their super nice training space. visualisingdata.com/2026/04/new-...

So much of the web experience is now this

I guess everything comes round again, reminds me of the Casio calculator I had as a kid in the late 80s/early 90s packed with so many bloated and unused features, such as plotting trigonometry charts. They felt so excitingly advanced, ahead of the age of mass home PCs. www.core77.com/posts/143536...

Put my phone on timelapse record and wedged it behind my plane blind to capture the night sky. Got a nice surprise when I checked it! Bucket list enters the room around 15s

It was an honour and such a purely wonderful experience being part of the SND's 47th Creative Competition judging, encountering so much elite work and having the fortune to meet and mix with some of the best people in this industry. When such talented people are also the nicest people, its ace.

🚨Job🚨 at @data.ft.com: We're hiring a data journalist in the US, based in New York or Washington #ddj: job-boards.greenhouse.io/financialtim...

Commencing day 2 of SND47 judging. I’ve seen a LOT of work already

First morning of #snd47 judging over and my eyes are already spinning. So much great work submitted.

I haven't been here for ages, is this still going? #dataviz people, are you there?

With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more.

Good morning from Berkeley, CA where it is day-1 of the Society of News Design’s 47th annual creative competition for which I’m honoured to be a judge looking at hundreds of the very best visuals from news organisations around the world

Liverpool is 🔴

Thanks so much for featuring my #Climate Visualized static map poster (cartoguophy.com/maps/koppen....) and #webmap (cartoguophy.com/climate-visu...) in @visualisingdata.com Newsletter Issue 23 📊(visualisingdata.kit.com/posts/the-vi...) #DataVisualization #DataViz

My March newsletter is now open for all to view over on my website 👉 visualisingdata.com/2026/04/the-...

My March newsletter is now open for all to view over on my website 👉 visualisingdata.com/2026/04/the-...

Stamen is working on a research project about the existing map design & development tooling landscape: what tools people use, where there are gaps, and how workflows could be improved in the future. If you have 10 minutes, please consider filling out our census here! forms.gle/ZWt2m2Yq3o5C...

12½ years ago, I made a map of all the buildings in the Netherlands. Unexpectedly, people loved it! Ever since, I have been wanting to make an updated version of the map. Newer data, higher resolution, more interactive! I never got around to it, until last week: bertspaan.nl/buildings

With Armageddon postponed for two weeks I'd probably better buy the replacement computer headset I was putting off. Any recommendations please? Preferably wireless, over-ear, with microphone.

Just realized it's been almost a year since my (non-)declaration of indie dataviz crisis truth-and-beauty.net/texts/crisis... — what do we all think a year on? Have things improved?

got to share this @bencollins.bsky.social banger with some colleagues today and am now sharing it here because he really did nail it

Magnificent work

Posted earlier today, if you're involved in research and/or academia in data viz this is essential listening/viewing. Actually even if you're not it is so listen/watch is my firm recommendation.

NEW EPISODE! S6E8: The second-part of my conversation with @moritzstefaner.bsky.social and @ebertini.bsky.social focuses on Enrico's 5+1 selections of the most influential research/papers that have shaped his thinking about data viz and his academic career. visualisingdata.com/2026/03/expl...

⏰ IEEE VIS Full Paper Deadline is Here! Are you submitting to VIS this year? Full papers are due March 31, supplemental materials due April 7 Good luck to everyone wrapping up, almost there! 🚀 Details: ieeevis.org/year/2026/in...

In 2 weeks I'm running a (now, rare) live online 'Masterclass in Data Visualisation' course. It is open to anyone and everyone! Across 3 days (4 hrs per day) you'll learn about all the ingredients that make up the modern-day sophisticated data viz craftsperson. visualisingdata.com/2026/01/new-...

Publishing my latest newsletter issue tomorrow, here's a preview of the cover visualisingdata.com/newsletter/

So well conceived and executed by Pablo and Agnes

In this @metoffice.gov.uk podcast I talk about data visualisation along with @edhawkins.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNoU...

Which dataviz events are you attending this year? Final mention for this big collection of conference options for 2026.

NEW POST: I asked Obinna to compile a list of data viz and notable subject-adjacent conference events taking place in 2026 and he gathered so many it felt natural to publish as a post and share with the world! visualisingdata.com/2026/03/data...