Jo Wood
@jwolondon.bsky.social
Professor of Visual Analytics who does datavis, visualization storytelling and natural travel. Did I mention visualization?
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Thank you for sharing the key messages from the @daraprojectcity.bsky.social team scoping review @edldproject.bsky.social
Almost no research has explored whether data visualisations are accessible for people living with language disability.
The Dara study is looking to change that!
Almost no research has explored whether data visualisations are accessible for people living with language disability.
The Dara study is looking to change that!
What research exists on making data visualisation accessible to adults with language disabilities?
Article summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/what-re...
Original article: doi.org/10.1111/1460...
YouTube summary: youtu.be/dViI0H52Skg
#DevLangDis #DLD #datavisualisation #accessibility
Article summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/what-re...
Original article: doi.org/10.1111/1460...
YouTube summary: youtu.be/dViI0H52Skg
#DevLangDis #DLD #datavisualisation #accessibility
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Thank you for sharing the key messages from the @daraprojectcity.bsky.social team scoping review @edldproject.bsky.social
Almost no research has explored whether data visualisations are accessible for people living with language disability.
The Dara study is looking to change that!
Almost no research has explored whether data visualisations are accessible for people living with language disability.
The Dara study is looking to change that!
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"Not TV or illegal drugs but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of...communities." ― Jane Jacobs
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
"Not TV or illegal drugs but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of...communities." ― Jane Jacobs
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#IEEEVIS - we’re hiring @ City St George’s, University of London.
Does this sound like you?
bit.ly/3WEYlmm
It's a permanent (tenured) position:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPC906/l...
Join us @ giCentre & be part of our amazing new ...
Data Visualization Doctoral Training Centre:
bit.ly/diverseCDT25...
Does this sound like you?
bit.ly/3WEYlmm
It's a permanent (tenured) position:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPC906/l...
Join us @ giCentre & be part of our amazing new ...
Data Visualization Doctoral Training Centre:
bit.ly/diverseCDT25...
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
#IEEEVIS - we’re hiring @ City St George’s, University of London.
Does this sound like you?
bit.ly/3WEYlmm
It's a permanent (tenured) position:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPC906/l...
Join us @ giCentre & be part of our amazing new ...
Data Visualization Doctoral Training Centre:
bit.ly/diverseCDT25...
Does this sound like you?
bit.ly/3WEYlmm
It's a permanent (tenured) position:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPC906/l...
Join us @ giCentre & be part of our amazing new ...
Data Visualization Doctoral Training Centre:
bit.ly/diverseCDT25...
While I have questions about some of the #datavis design choices here, this is a nice example of evidence-based investigative journalism on an important topic. Good use of engaging visual support to create a rich documentary-like impression.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
While I have questions about some of the #datavis design choices here, this is a nice example of evidence-based investigative journalism on an important topic. Good use of engaging visual support to create a rich documentary-like impression.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Such a disappointing start to #ieeevis 2025 for us remote attendees. No live streaming so best we get is a vicarious experience of a discord channel discussing details we cannot see.
This is a major step backward in an era where travel options are constrained both environmentally and politically.
This is a major step backward in an era where travel options are constrained both environmentally and politically.
November 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Such a disappointing start to #ieeevis 2025 for us remote attendees. No live streaming so best we get is a vicarious experience of a discord channel discussing details we cannot see.
This is a major step backward in an era where travel options are constrained both environmentally and politically.
This is a major step backward in an era where travel options are constrained both environmentally and politically.
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We are raising awareness of #aphasia by:
1. Talking about our research. The Dara project looks at everyday information - like maps, pie charts, and physical data to see how easy-to-use people with #aphasia or #DLD find it.
#DevLangDis
@sayaphasia.bsky.social
@thestrokeassoc.bsky.social
1. Talking about our research. The Dara project looks at everyday information - like maps, pie charts, and physical data to see how easy-to-use people with #aphasia or #DLD find it.
#DevLangDis
@sayaphasia.bsky.social
@thestrokeassoc.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 7:04 AM
We are raising awareness of #aphasia by:
1. Talking about our research. The Dara project looks at everyday information - like maps, pie charts, and physical data to see how easy-to-use people with #aphasia or #DLD find it.
#DevLangDis
@sayaphasia.bsky.social
@thestrokeassoc.bsky.social
1. Talking about our research. The Dara project looks at everyday information - like maps, pie charts, and physical data to see how easy-to-use people with #aphasia or #DLD find it.
#DevLangDis
@sayaphasia.bsky.social
@thestrokeassoc.bsky.social
Do you want a bit more sketchiness in your #datavis?
Here's my @observablehq.com Plot plugin that turns an Plot specification into a sketchy version with minimal extra work:
observablehq.com/@jwolondon/m...
Builds on the work of Gordon Tu and rough.js
Here's my @observablehq.com Plot plugin that turns an Plot specification into a sketchy version with minimal extra work:
observablehq.com/@jwolondon/m...
Builds on the work of Gordon Tu and rough.js
October 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Do you want a bit more sketchiness in your #datavis?
Here's my @observablehq.com Plot plugin that turns an Plot specification into a sketchy version with minimal extra work:
observablehq.com/@jwolondon/m...
Builds on the work of Gordon Tu and rough.js
Here's my @observablehq.com Plot plugin that turns an Plot specification into a sketchy version with minimal extra work:
observablehq.com/@jwolondon/m...
Builds on the work of Gordon Tu and rough.js
Reposted by Jo Wood
Salesforce owns Tableau. Time to drop all mentions from classes and trainings #dataViz
Salesforce told ICE that its A.I. software could help the agency nearly triple its staff, according to internal documents, as President Trump expands immigration raids and deportations around the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
October 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Salesforce owns Tableau. Time to drop all mentions from classes and trainings #dataViz
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Friday is Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) awareness day.
Why not join in?
Here's how:
- You will find lots of information about DLD via the hashtag #DLDday.
- Watch our account for updates from the Dara project.
- Follow @radld.bsky.social and @wordaware.bsky.social
- Visit radld.org
Why not join in?
Here's how:
- You will find lots of information about DLD via the hashtag #DLDday.
- Watch our account for updates from the Dara project.
- Follow @radld.bsky.social and @wordaware.bsky.social
- Visit radld.org
October 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Friday is Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) awareness day.
Why not join in?
Here's how:
- You will find lots of information about DLD via the hashtag #DLDday.
- Watch our account for updates from the Dara project.
- Follow @radld.bsky.social and @wordaware.bsky.social
- Visit radld.org
Why not join in?
Here's how:
- You will find lots of information about DLD via the hashtag #DLDday.
- Watch our account for updates from the Dara project.
- Follow @radld.bsky.social and @wordaware.bsky.social
- Visit radld.org
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Interested in accessibility and data vis? Just 2 days left to apply for this one year researcher role on the Dara project www.dara.org.uk
October 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Interested in accessibility and data vis? Just 2 days left to apply for this one year researcher role on the Dara project www.dara.org.uk
Balm for the soul.
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Balm for the soul.
A great post from @djnavarro.net, providing an accessible explanation of why statistics that can appear to reveal our ignorance may actually do the opposite. Makes excellent use of #datavis to provide visual support for the argument.
blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2025-0...
blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2025-0...
Some notes on probability judgement – Notes from a data witch
For the love of fuck, literally nobody thinks that 20% of the population is transgender. Please stop sharing that ridiculous YouGov statistic
blog.djnavarro.net
September 28, 2025 at 7:04 AM
A great post from @djnavarro.net, providing an accessible explanation of why statistics that can appear to reveal our ignorance may actually do the opposite. Makes excellent use of #datavis to provide visual support for the argument.
blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2025-0...
blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2025-0...
And another thing...
September 27, 2025 at 5:41 AM
And another thing...
🚨#datavis Job alert 🚨
Fancy working with us in London as a researcher using @observablehq.com Plot for accessible #datavis?
To support people with language disability in the use of data visualization for everyday decision making.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/jobs/a...
Fancy working with us in London as a researcher using @observablehq.com Plot for accessible #datavis?
To support people with language disability in the use of data visualization for everyday decision making.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/jobs/a...
Details | City St George's, University of London
Details of job vacancy at City St George's,, University of London
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk
September 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
🚨#datavis Job alert 🚨
Fancy working with us in London as a researcher using @observablehq.com Plot for accessible #datavis?
To support people with language disability in the use of data visualization for everyday decision making.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/jobs/a...
Fancy working with us in London as a researcher using @observablehq.com Plot for accessible #datavis?
To support people with language disability in the use of data visualization for everyday decision making.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/jobs/a...
Filed under 'I wish I'd thought of that'.
Elegant example of a 2d layout for 4-way comparison from @firthstat.bsky.social
Elegant example of a 2d layout for 4-way comparison from @firthstat.bsky.social
At next week's RSS conference I'll be presenting a poster (a first for me...it's about time!)
"Tetraplot displays of UK General Election results" shows how to graph GE 2024 vote shares across 4 parties in a useful way.
Full PDF poster at:
github.com/DavidFirth/t...
"Tetraplot displays of UK General Election results" shows how to graph GE 2024 vote shares across 4 parties in a useful way.
Full PDF poster at:
github.com/DavidFirth/t...
August 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Filed under 'I wish I'd thought of that'.
Elegant example of a 2d layout for 4-way comparison from @firthstat.bsky.social
Elegant example of a 2d layout for 4-way comparison from @firthstat.bsky.social
I think this is the real problem for Computer Science education. It's not students 'cheating' with AI, it's the need to focus CS education on those aspects only people can deal with. And that's not the stuff we've been largely teaching in CS for the last 50 years.
Most code is crap. Most developers are mediocre.
In the age of AI-assisted coding, that’s a problem – for them and for the industry.
1/6
In the age of AI-assisted coding, that’s a problem – for them and for the industry.
1/6
Is AI about to expose just how mediocre most developers are? | Rob Bowley
blog.robbowley.net
August 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I think this is the real problem for Computer Science education. It's not students 'cheating' with AI, it's the need to focus CS education on those aspects only people can deal with. And that's not the stuff we've been largely teaching in CS for the last 50 years.
* Where shall we go for a walking holiday this year?
- How about the Alps?
* No, way too scary. I don't have a head for heights.
- OK, what about the gentle grassy domes of the Auvergne?
* Sounds great.
Day two of our walking holiday...
- How about the Alps?
* No, way too scary. I don't have a head for heights.
- OK, what about the gentle grassy domes of the Auvergne?
* Sounds great.
Day two of our walking holiday...
July 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
* Where shall we go for a walking holiday this year?
- How about the Alps?
* No, way too scary. I don't have a head for heights.
- OK, what about the gentle grassy domes of the Auvergne?
* Sounds great.
Day two of our walking holiday...
- How about the Alps?
* No, way too scary. I don't have a head for heights.
- OK, what about the gentle grassy domes of the Auvergne?
* Sounds great.
Day two of our walking holiday...
Currently in Lyon for some #eurogames and in preparation for some Auvergne walking next week. And Lyon is certainly good preparation, being a city of many many steps.
Here's just the first set from the 400+ up to our apartment.
Here's just the first set from the 400+ up to our apartment.
July 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Currently in Lyon for some #eurogames and in preparation for some Auvergne walking next week. And Lyon is certainly good preparation, being a city of many many steps.
Here's just the first set from the 400+ up to our apartment.
Here's just the first set from the 400+ up to our apartment.
Fast interactive spatial querying with @observablehq.com Plot and a k-d tree. #datavis
observablehq.com/@jwolondon/e...
observablehq.com/@jwolondon/e...
Extending mark interaction with Plot
When working with Observable Plot, providing interaction in response to pointer position is possible with the Pointer transform. This works well for many use-cases, but has one limitation: the values ...
observablehq.com
July 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Fast interactive spatial querying with @observablehq.com Plot and a k-d tree. #datavis
observablehq.com/@jwolondon/e...
observablehq.com/@jwolondon/e...
On a train heading south from the Lake District.
There's something special about landscape of drumlin fields between Oxenholme and Lancaster.
(Don't worry, I am not going to live-post everything I see out of the window like an excited five year old.)
There's something special about landscape of drumlin fields between Oxenholme and Lancaster.
(Don't worry, I am not going to live-post everything I see out of the window like an excited five year old.)
July 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
On a train heading south from the Lake District.
There's something special about landscape of drumlin fields between Oxenholme and Lancaster.
(Don't worry, I am not going to live-post everything I see out of the window like an excited five year old.)
There's something special about landscape of drumlin fields between Oxenholme and Lancaster.
(Don't worry, I am not going to live-post everything I see out of the window like an excited five year old.)
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The @datavizsociety.bsky.social Is going through a rough patch.
They have a USD 35k deficit, down from 115k after compressing and reorganizing.
Their Executive Director has resigned to make space for someone skilled in financial recovery.
There are 30k members. We can do this.
1/🧵
They have a USD 35k deficit, down from 115k after compressing and reorganizing.
Their Executive Director has resigned to make space for someone skilled in financial recovery.
There are 30k members. We can do this.
1/🧵
Strengthening DVS for the Future
mailchi.mp
July 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The @datavizsociety.bsky.social Is going through a rough patch.
They have a USD 35k deficit, down from 115k after compressing and reorganizing.
Their Executive Director has resigned to make space for someone skilled in financial recovery.
There are 30k members. We can do this.
1/🧵
They have a USD 35k deficit, down from 115k after compressing and reorganizing.
Their Executive Director has resigned to make space for someone skilled in financial recovery.
There are 30k members. We can do this.
1/🧵
Putting aside questions of whether educational providers should be 'judged' at all, I think this is an interesting aspiration to consider.
In HE we seem to be fixated on module-level outcomes, short-term progression rates and graduate destinations. Why not teach to support a lifetime of fulfilment?
In HE we seem to be fixated on module-level outcomes, short-term progression rates and graduate destinations. Why not teach to support a lifetime of fulfilment?
"Should we use a set of metrics to measure success long after our students leave us, and should schools be judged on what happens across a lifetime? What would those metrics be and how could they be assessed?"
Timely 'What if...' piece here.
www.tes.com/magazine/lea...
Timely 'What if...' piece here.
www.tes.com/magazine/lea...
What if... schools were judged on pupil outcomes at 25 years old
As part of our thought experiment series, Julian Drinkall interrogates the practicality of judging schools on a student’s status at the age of 25
www.tes.com
July 1, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Putting aside questions of whether educational providers should be 'judged' at all, I think this is an interesting aspiration to consider.
In HE we seem to be fixated on module-level outcomes, short-term progression rates and graduate destinations. Why not teach to support a lifetime of fulfilment?
In HE we seem to be fixated on module-level outcomes, short-term progression rates and graduate destinations. Why not teach to support a lifetime of fulfilment?
I think I got lost somewhere in the self-referential irony of Jarvis at #Glastonbury talking about living in the now after reminiscing about a song about reminiscing about looking forward to a time 25 years ago.
June 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I think I got lost somewhere in the self-referential irony of Jarvis at #Glastonbury talking about living in the now after reminiscing about a song about reminiscing about looking forward to a time 25 years ago.
Do you have an interest in the bridge between academic #datavis and industry/professional practice of visualization?
🚨We are recruiting for a Business Development Manager in London for our £10m centre for doctoral training in datavis. 🚨
Details here:
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/jobs/a...
🚨We are recruiting for a Business Development Manager in London for our £10m centre for doctoral training in datavis. 🚨
Details here:
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/jobs/a...
Details | City St George's, University of London
Details of job vacancy at City St George's,, University of London
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk
June 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Do you have an interest in the bridge between academic #datavis and industry/professional practice of visualization?
🚨We are recruiting for a Business Development Manager in London for our £10m centre for doctoral training in datavis. 🚨
Details here:
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/jobs/a...
🚨We are recruiting for a Business Development Manager in London for our £10m centre for doctoral training in datavis. 🚨
Details here:
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/jobs/a...