Data Viz Today
113 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsHelping you become a more effective information designer.
You want to create effective data visualizations. That’s hard work. There are so many decisions to make, like chart type, annotations, and color!
Will this podcast help?
Host and fellow data viz designer Alli Torban is in the trenches with you. She shares the latest tools and methods that she’s discovered while on the job and interviewing top designers.
If you’re an analyst, journalist, or designer who wants to hone your skills with specific tactics, then this show could be just what you need.
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Episodes
12: How to Encourage Exploration Without Interactivity - Featured Data Visualization by Krisztina Szucs
May 08, 2018 10:00 - 15 minutes - 20.8 MBHow can you encourage a reader to explore your data visualization without adding any interactivity? Host Alli Torban dives into specific ways to make an exploratory static data viz - no coding necessary! Featured viz by Krisztina Szucs models how to encourage exploration by visualizing the rating and profit of past box office hits. Show Notes Krisztina's Website Follow Krisztina on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter
11: How to Make Your Sports Viz Appeal to a Wider Audience - Featured Data Visualization by Ben Matheson
May 01, 2018 10:00 - 11 minutes - 16.4 MBHow can you make your sports viz appeal to a wider audience to include those passively interested in your sport? Host Alli Torban dives into specific ways to pull out the strategy and nuance of your sports data. Featured viz by Ben Matheson models how to appeal to a wide audience by visualizing the strategy behind the run/rest decisions of Iditarod mushers. Show Notes Ben's Website Follow Ben on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter
10: How to Win Client Buy-In for Your Designs - Featured Data Visualizations by Pooja Gandhi & Adam Crahen
April 24, 2018 10:00 - 13 minutes - 18.3 MBHow can you secure client buy-in for your data viz designs? Host Alli Torban dives into specific ways to practice that will bring your data visualization from good to great. Featured vizzes by Pooja Gandhi and Adam Crahen are perfect examples of a collaborative process that will elevate your designs and ultimately help you gain client buy-in. Show Notes Data Duo Website Follow Pooja on Twitter Follow Adam on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter
09: How to Humanize Your Data Viz - Featured Data Visualization by Rodrigo Menegat & Vinicius Sueiro
April 17, 2018 10:00 - 15 minutes - 21.3 MBHow can we approach a dataset that will make people feel connected to it? How can we humanize our data viz? Host Alli Torban dives into these questions by examining Rodrigo Menegat and Vinicius Sueiro's data visualization called "All the Government Barbecues," which won a Kantar Information is Beautiful Award in 2017. Show Notes Follow Rodrigo on Twitter Vinicius' Website Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter
08: How to Dare to Use a Radar Chart - Featured Data Visualization by Zak Geis
April 10, 2018 10:00 - 16 minutes - 22.7 MBThis episode features Zak Geis' eye-catching data viz inspired by radar charts. This is a difficult chart type to work with! In this episode, host Alli Torban dives into its limitations and how you can best implement it. Shownotes Follow Zak on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter
07: How to Annotate Like a Boss! Featured Data Visualization by Susie Lu
April 03, 2018 10:00 - 16 minutes - 22 MBDo you add annotations to your data viz? Susie Lu's data visualization presented Emmy nominations in a clear and concise way thanks to her smart annotation choices. Susie is the Queen of annotations - she's the creator of the popular D3.js library that gives you the ability to customize annotations and labels. In this episode, host Alli Torban dives into the important aspects of an annotation, and how you can best implement them in your work. Show Notes Susie's Website Follow Susie on ...
06: How to Create an Engaging Data Viz - Featured Data Visualization by Jim Vallandingham
March 27, 2018 10:00 - 11 minutes - 15.2 MBHow can you get people engaged in your data viz? Jim Vallandingham visualized how long it took people to draw over 50 million doodles for Google Quick Draw, which resulted in a fun and engaging data viz. In this episode, host Alli Torban explores how you can create an engaging data viz too. Show Notes Jim's Website Follow Jim on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter
05: How to Take Inspiration from Art - Featured Data Visualization by Guney Soykan
March 20, 2018 10:00 - 12 minutes - 17 MBHave you ever been inspired by a piece of art and wanted to incorporate it into your work? Guney Soykan is an award-winning art director who visualized the tenure of world leaders through composite portraits. In this episode, host Alli Torban explores what we can learn from artists like Guney and how we can take inspiration from art and apply it to our data viz. Show Notes Guney's Website Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter
04: How to Find Answers in Survey Results - Featured Data Visualization by Shirley Wu
March 13, 2018 10:00 - 13 minutes - 18.4 MBDo you need to find answers in survey results? Shirley Wu visualized the results of a survey of 981 data viz creators' frustrations and found insights with her unique techniques. In this episode, host Alli Torban explores how you can find answers and visualize your survey results too! Show Notes Shirley's Website Shirley's Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter
03: How to Tell a Story Through Movement - Featured Data Visualization by Pierre Massat
March 08, 2018 11:00 - 10 minutes - 14.1 MBAre you trying to tell a story with your data? Maybe you can find the story by focusing on where the movement is happening. Pierre Massat brought the familial relationships of Kenyan elephants to life with his data viz. It's a compelling example of using movement to tell a story. In this episode, host Alli Torban explores how you can do the same. Get the printable mentioned in the show - here. Show Notes Pierre's Website Follow Pierre on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter
02: How to Find & Represent Seasonality in Data - Featured Data Visualization by Nadieh Bremer & Zan Armstrong
March 06, 2018 11:00 - 10 minutes - 15 MBHave you ever tried to visualize seasonality? It's a fascinating topic. Nadieh Bremer and Zan Armstrong visualized the seasonal patterns of U.S. births in their award-winning data viz. In this episode, host Alli Torban explores how you can find and represent seasonality in data too. Show Notes Nadieh's Website Follow Nadieh on Twitter Zan's Website Follow Zan on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter
01: How to Achieve Your Data Viz Goals - Featured Data Visualization by Lisa Charlotte Rost
February 28, 2018 17:10 - 8 minutes - 11.1 MBWhat should you do before you start a data visualization? Define your goal! Lisa Charlotte Rost created the perfect mental model to help you define and achieve your data viz goals. In this episode, host Alli Torban dives into how you can use this mental model to ensure your design decisions are well-guided and thought out. Show Notes Lisa on the Datawrapper Blog Lisa's Website Follow Lisa on Twitter! Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter!
00: Introduction to Data Viz Today!
February 26, 2018 00:33 - 1 minute - 1.79 MBWhat are data visualizations? How can you get better at creating them? Is this show for you? Find out with your host Alli Torban in this intro episode! Show Notes: www.dataviztoday.com/shownotes/00