Thank you @questionsindataviz.com for capturing such a fun moment! :D

Super proud of the entire IIB Awards team for all the work we put in just to get to this point. Can't wait to see what the judges make of this year's longlisted submissions!

We’re hiring! Apply if you are a highly organized professional with experience managing processes and budgets across spreadsheets. This is a part-time, remote role. Apply by February 28, 2025: https://buff.ly/4i5BpoU

This week's #dataviz book was sent to me by a former MICA classmate and I can't be more excited. Not just for learning more about #inclusivedesign but because it is awesome to have found incredible people thru MICA, WID, and DVS and we're able to share and contribute to each other's journeys.

This is why they're attacking science and education: if you can only win with disinformation, data become a threat.

@datavizsociety.bsky.social's Mentorship Program is still looking for incredible people to join as mentors for our 8th cohort! To be a mentor: your willingness to help another achieve their goals, be it learning a tool, making a #dataviz, or designing a portfolio. tinyurl.com/2u8rsw6s

📊 W.E.B. Du Bois and Data Visualization in the Fight for Civil Rights In 1900, Du Bois created 60+ charts to illustrate Black Americans’ progress at the Paris Expo. The Du Bois Challenge 2025 invites participants to recreate them using modern tools. 📈 Join here: github.com/ajstarks/dub... #dataviz

Re #Dataviz Portfolios, early career folks are mostly concerned with making and populating one, but what do non-early-career folks struggle with re: portfolios? Once you have one, what's next? Maintaining and updating? Updating aesthetics? Remaking it to go from personal to business?

Last day to submit! The deadline is 11:59pm UTC or 3:59pm PST.

Kicking off our first data challenge collab of 2025 with @ajstarks.bsky.social's #DuBoisChallenge2025! It's open to everyone and winners are chosen from the DVS slack channel #challenge-dubois so be sure to post what you make there each week. Looking forward to seeing all the creations!!

@ifbookspod.bsky.social could you do Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg?? The vibe I'm getting is, white man discovers the best ways to communicate and they're exactly what women have been doing all along.

My 4-page 📊 spread for the Feb issue of @sciam.bsky.social is now live in digital format! I take a look at everyone who has been to space or earned their astronaut wings. www.scientificamerican.com/article/ever... Constructive feedback is welcome. This was a labor of love & I'm very proud of it.

Our 2024 State of the #dataviz Industry Report summarizes 861 responses about the state of data viz, the people who make it, the challenges they face, and where the field is headed. Full report here:

The DVS Mentorship Program returns! Apply by February 2 for the February - May cohort. This program offers mentees early in their #dataviz career an opportunity to work with a mentor who has 5+ years of professional experience in the field. Apply here: https://buff.ly/3YzvbVT

This is in my top-five #dataviz articles that I recommend to people. Important information on the unintended consequences of our design decisions, and so well communicated!

Our last two 📊 Q&A with an Expert seminars are now up on YT! Be sure to check them out because they were absolute bangers. December feat. @deabankova.bsky.social: shorturl.at/M5tls January feat. @allitorban.bsky.social: shorturl.at/vfsTl And follow @datavizsociety.bsky.social for more events!

While parts of LA are burning the sonification of LoudNubers comes to mind: they created a data sonification on the wildfires of Canada 2023. Eerie, disturbing and admirable piece. The data is sonified with different sounds and layers, narrated by a survivor. #dataviz #fires Listen here:

Learn how Alli Torban upskilled from a data analyst to data viz designer in our upcoming Q&A with an Expert session on January 9. Attend for free by registering here: https://buff.ly/3DGzBE6📊

I'm late to this discussion about #dataviz critiques, but my brain won’t let it go. I’m quoting ‪‪@sonjakuijpers.bsky.social‬ post, because something about the vibe of @elijahmeeks.bsky.social 's prompt doesn’t feel productive to me. You can see that post & more replies if you click through. 📊 1/N

Somebody thinks she is more important than my deadline.😸 (She has barely left my side since I returned from NYC, so she's not exactly being neglected.)

Die Einreichung für die #IIBAwards 2024 ist GEÖFFNET! Reichen Sie Ihre #Dataviz-Arbeit ein oder regen Sie Freunde, Kollegen und Menschen, regen Sie personen die Sie bewundern, zur Teilnahme an.

Bittersweetly, my last digital news 📊 graphic from my internship is published. It is a simple annotated line chart pointing out Carter's impact on the guinea Worm eradication effort. His impact cannot be overstated, he was ahead of the curve on social issues, and Carter's passing is a tragedy.

Join us for our first 📊 Q&A of 2025 with @allitorban.bsky.social! Our new monthly theme is "Upskilling" and Alli is coming in with her best lessons learned and practical advice. Bring your friends and your questions! Register here: shorturl.at/wV1Jc @datavizsociety.bsky.social

I made a starter pack with #Shiny for #RStats and #Python devs and friends! And if you're a Shiny person and want to be included, let me know. go.bsky.app/BFEQ1HY

Five of the books I read this year made it to the list! Four non-fiction and one fiction :D

It’s the happiest day of the year 🥳📚 @sciam.bsky.social end-of-year book recommendations list here’s a behind the scenes look into how we put together www.scientificamerican.com/article/78-b...

That moment when you have so much to do that you go for a walk instead.

Do it! I'm not sure why, but anxiety prevented me from submitting the year I had created something nice -- and I've regretted ever since... Don't be me :)

Information is Beautiful Awards 2024 entries open TODAY! #dataviz works created from Sept 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024 are eligible. This year shifts the Awards window to include the full calendar year. Can't wait to see the submissions! www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/awards/2024

It's finally here!! Submitting a #dataviz is a great way to increase the number of eyes that see your work, not to mention a chance to win or be nominated for the special categories. Everyone, especially students and early career folks, should enter. Submissions are open until Jan 31st, 2025!

The @datavizsociety.bsky.social Reader's Club 📚 is currently polling to figure out what our first 📊 book of 2025 should be! Head on over to the DVS slack #connect-early-career or #topic-books channels to vote and/or make suggestions about what else should be on the list.

Trouble finding time to work on your #dataviz projects? Join the @datavizsociety.bsky.social coworking sesh today at 5pm EST! Today's sesh will try out a new layout, grouping people by project stage: just starting, in dev, and seeking feedback. Come make progress on your goals! shorturl.at/NLdRM

It's not everyday you get to see the unveiling of the most complete and most expensive stegosaurus at the AMNH. You have no idea how much I'll miss this job. 🧪 @sciam.bsky.social

I only use the word 'epic' when it comes to concerts, but this might be the exception: The State of Dataviz webinar that will take place tomorrow. Join as well, I hope to 'see' you there 🙌 #dataviz

Head on over to the @datavizsociety.bsky.social #connect-early-career channel for our Monday discussion question (posed by a mentor)! "What is your biggest blocker, hesitation or fear about participating in a #dataviz competition(s)? How could the community support you in overcoming it?"

So how'd everyone do? Did anyone get bingo??? What squares did y'all fill out? I'd love to make a 📊 heat map of the most commonly claimed squares - give me data!! What suggestions do you have for the next version? Should we do a Christmas version, too?

I found another one! While back I remade a unique graphic for an open in SciAm that I called the Scatter-Gantt. Never saw a #dataviz with that combo before and I thought it was noteworthy. Just found a Scatter-Dumbbell in @timleong.bsky.social 's Star Wars Super Graphics book!! Love this!

Grateful to Federica Fragapane for lending her talents to the magazine for a graphic on gender equality. 📊 (Data source: UN-Women and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs) www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...

Ready for a holiday challenge that’s more fun than explaining your job? Grab our 📊 Data Viz Holiday Bingo card and see if you can spot all the classic family reactions to what you do for a living. Post your cards and maybe even win bragging rights at the dinner table! @datavizsociety.bsky.social

Motion to have @puddingviz.bsky.social have this as their mascot.

Read our curated collection on ethical practices and misleading insights in data visualization, and come to our monthly reading club on Dec 14 to discuss takeaways. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/dvs-reader... 📊

NEW POST: 'Explore Explain' live webinar! Taking place on Wednesday 4th December 9am (GMT) a panel of special guests will explore and explain 'The State of Data Viz'. Details here: visualisingdata.com/2024/11/expl... Register to join the live audience here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/explore-ex...

Here's a behind-the-scenes of how the idea for this story came to be: bigcharts.substack.com/p/behind-the...

Advice worth including on the first page of every data viz textbook? "A clever #dataviz that presents information its audience doesn't care about in a way they can't understand is useless."

Coming up in December, @datavizsociety.bsky.social's reading club is focusing on papers instead of books. Come chat all about Visual Villainy - thinking about the ways #dataviz can be used to mislead intentionally or unintentionally. www.eventbrite.com/e/dvs-reader...

Love this #dataviz! I don't think I've seen anything quite like it before. Thoughts?

Temperature change by country. Years 1880 - 2023. Based on NASA GISTEMP data. #GlobalWarming #climate #ClimateChange

Another good way to visualize arctic sea ice loss is to spatially quantify the thicker ice and loop it. See the link included in the quote post below for more data. 🧪

Join us for our final 📊 Q&A of 2024 with @deabankova.bsky.social! December 16th at 12pm EST/Tom UTC. Check out her website here: deabankova.com/#/ And register here: shorturl.at/UozLl

I had a lot of fun writing about some of my favorite tooth-related fun facts, but this is far from a comprehensive list. I want to hear your favorite toothy tidbits!