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T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · 16h

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Ana Lucía González @anlugonz.bsky.social · 1d

This dataviz love letter by Giorgia Lupi and @pentagramdesign.bsky.social using open data from NY transport and "assigning behaviors, movements, and idiosyncrasies to each MTA train" has just brightened my day
www.pentagram.com/work/a-data-...
Animation
www.instagram.com/reel/DPkAziW...

‘A Data Love Letter to the Subway’

A data-driven animation for Fulton Center commissioned by MTA Arts & Design for its 40th anniversary.

www.pentagram.com

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T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · 16h

Weekend

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T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · 4d

Brilliant.
This, alongside the webdesign one, will probably be my most forwarded Oatmeal links forever.

The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 4d

Let’s talk about AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · 6d

A leap of faith, for sure!

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T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks! I took it on my desk when I got my first and only ever set of business cards in late 2019. I still have most of them!

T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks!

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T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · 7d

Oh, it most definitely didn't happen overnight! I am not counting the several years of entertaining the idea!

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T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · 7d

6 years ago, I decided that I could probably make a living out of this #dataviz design thing. And it worked!

Thanks to everyone who's been part of this journey so far! 💜

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 7d

Week in Review:
Comment from Auckland University: Students starting to learn with AI is the difference between using a calculator after understanding math versus never learning math because calculators exist.

When students' brains go quiet

newsroom.co.nz

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wisevis @wisevis.com · 12d

PT: Novo artigo: sobre a criatividade em visualização de dados para, hum... não criativos.
EN: New post (in Portuguese): on creativity in #datavis for, hum... non-creative people.
www.wisevis.eu/criatividade...

Sobre a criatividade em visualização de dados

Onde se argumenta que a criatividade em visualização de dados não se resume a um resultado estético.

www.wisevis.eu

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T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · 15d

Que aprender visualizacao de dados em Portugues?

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#dataviz #dados

wisevis @wisevis.com · 18d

I pre-launched a #datavis course in Portuguese (pt-pt), covering from curiosity to how-bad-bar-charts-are, and beyond. I'm not aware of more online #datavis courses here, not sure if there is no offer or no demand. If you understand Portuguese, please take a look.

www.wisevis.eu/curso-visual...

[Curso] Visualização de Dados

Curso de Visualização de Dados Bem vindo ao curso de Visualização de Dados da Wisevis. Este curso é destinado a todos os que querem explorar, analisar, e comunicar com dados de forma visual. Ao...

www.wisevis.eu

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T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · 15d

Wow, tem um monte de conteudo! Vou olhar com calma no final de semana! Vou dizer que ja gostei de alguns dos titulos, e da sequencia de temas! Legal fazer algo em Portugues. Realmente existem poucos recursos de visualisacao de dados na nossa Lingua!

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wisevis @wisevis.com · 18d

I pre-launched a #datavis course in Portuguese (pt-pt), covering from curiosity to how-bad-bar-charts-are, and beyond. I'm not aware of more online #datavis courses here, not sure if there is no offer or no demand. If you understand Portuguese, please take a look.

www.wisevis.eu/curso-visual...

[Curso] Visualização de Dados

Curso de Visualização de Dados Bem vindo ao curso de Visualização de Dados da Wisevis. Este curso é destinado a todos os que querem explorar, analisar, e comunicar com dados de forma visual. Ao...

www.wisevis.eu

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T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · 15d

This is absolutely brilliant. I can barely contain my excitement!

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T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · 15d

This will be beautiful to see! I cannot wait!

Alberto Cairo @albertocairo.com · 16d

BIG NEWS! We've updated the website of the Open Visualization Academy, where you can see all its contributors: openvisualizationacademy.org

This is the announcement in our newsletter: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/we-re-back...

#dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism #dataVis 📊

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T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · 17d

Me, 7 years ago, wondering what the hell a PowerBI model schema was and why did it have to be shaped like a star.

Maëlle Salmon @masalmon.eu · 18d

"How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner" by Annie Mueller 😅 😂 😭

anniemueller.com/posts/how-i-...

How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner - annie's blog

“Hello! I am a developer. Here is my relevant experience: I code in Hoobijag and sometimes jabbernocks and of course ABCDE++++ (but never ABCDE+/^+ are you kidding? ha!)  and I like working with ...

anniemueller.com

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T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · 20d

I almost called it Box and Whiskers.
(I'll see myself out...)

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T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · 20d

I did a thing!

Today is Data Rocks Chief Purring Officer's first adoption anniversary, so I made a silly little poster to celebrate, because why not!

www.behance.net/gallery/2350...

Poster celebrating the 1 year adoption anniversary of a black cat named Ozymandias (Ozzy). The poster has a textured background with multiple polaroid-style photos. Header: "OZYMANDIAS" is written in large handwritten letters on the left, with "Adoption Anniversary 1 year" in smaller text on the right.
Top left photo: "First Pic!": Shows a small black kitten in a carrier. Text: "Ozzy was adopted on 21st September 2024, with 9 months. He weighted 3.2kg"
Second photo labeled "First Vet Visit": Shows hands holding the small black kitten at the vet table. Text: "He went to the vet four times. Two of those were poop related"
Top right photo: Shows him investigating a fluffy yellow duck toy. Caption: "If this poor duck could talk..." Text: "His favourite toy is a yellow fluffy duck that moves and quacks."
Right photo labeled "Catio!": Shows the cat in an outdoor enclosed area. Text: "Ozzy's favourite place is his catio, no matter the weather."
Middle left photo: Caption: "A very scary vet trip". Shows Ozzy lying on his bed. Text: "Ozzy is afraid of heavy rains and strong winds, but when he hugs his ESPie (Emotional Support Plushie), everything seems less scary."
Middle right photo labeled "First backyard walk": Shows him outdoors climbing a tree. Text reads: "He's a very smart boy. He knows how to walk on a leash, high-five, sit, spin and lay down on command. He also knows 'out' means getting out of the counter, but he often chooses to ignore it."
Bottom left photo labeled "Baaah!": Shows two sheep in a field. Text: "He was once visited by two sheep"
Center large photo: The main image shows Ozzy as a fully grown black cat with bright green eyes sitting in a red and white striped box looking up and to the left.
Bottom right photos: Two close-up shots of Ozzy's funny faces with captions "What?!" and "weeee!!!" Text nearby reads: "Ozzy is very chatty and expressive"

Bottom text: "He has grown up to be a big fluffy boy, at 5.2kg!"
Footer: Created with love by @datarocksnz

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T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · 24d

Baker, Hospitality.

T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · 24d

The incosistency kills me, too!!

T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · 25d

It's also a matter of statistical representation of professions and how they change over time. If I have no category that describes information design, how will anyone know, for tax purposes, that this is a profession that exists in its own right, with its own set of services?

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T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · 25d

Some forms let you 'Other', yes. Some don't!
And then you still need to say Industry. Other, Other.

Who am I???

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T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · 25d

I usually go Data Analysis. But in some forms (not all) that narrows which industries you can pick. Sometimes there is no Data Analysis, Services. It is Data Analysis, IT. I am not in IT. Consulting, Business then? But I am not always business consultant. And so on...

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T. from Data Rocks @datarocksnz.bsky.social · 25d

One tiny thing that annoys me to no end is how the professions list for tax purposes seems to have not been updated since the 70s. How do I classify what I do? Data Analysis? Design? Consulting? Education? I do all of these. And then I have to select an industry. IT? Business? Education? Services?

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