Luisa Vasquez
@vluisa.bsky.social
Designer + Developer | interested in data viz, creative coding, fiber arts, data art | prev at RC, MICA, Mapbox
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Both of these upcoming cohorts are sitting at about 1/3 full with a week to go.
I'm really puzzled as to why registration has been so slow.
Somewhat in desperation, there's now the code SIXTY you can use for 60% off registration.
I'm really puzzled as to why registration has been so slow.
Somewhat in desperation, there's now the code SIXTY you can use for 60% off registration.
My course about birding & creative code is also secretly (shhhh) a course about critical data thinking.
Which is one of the most important skills you could possibly cultivate in this age of AI and misinformation.
Autumn cohorts start September 23rd... join me?
jerthorp.me/learning
🪶📊🎨
Which is one of the most important skills you could possibly cultivate in this age of AI and misinformation.
Autumn cohorts start September 23rd... join me?
jerthorp.me/learning
🪶📊🎨
September 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Both of these upcoming cohorts are sitting at about 1/3 full with a week to go.
I'm really puzzled as to why registration has been so slow.
Somewhat in desperation, there's now the code SIXTY you can use for 60% off registration.
I'm really puzzled as to why registration has been so slow.
Somewhat in desperation, there's now the code SIXTY you can use for 60% off registration.
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Introducing VizDex!
An ever-growing library of personal and independent blogs and newsletters dedicated to data visualization.
vizdexproject.com
An ever-growing library of personal and independent blogs and newsletters dedicated to data visualization.
vizdexproject.com
VizDex
A library of personal and independent blogs and newsletters dedicated to data visualization.
vizdexproject.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Introducing VizDex!
An ever-growing library of personal and independent blogs and newsletters dedicated to data visualization.
vizdexproject.com
An ever-growing library of personal and independent blogs and newsletters dedicated to data visualization.
vizdexproject.com
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Next up at #outlier2025, Zan Armstrong introduces diagnostic charts - the middle ground of really useful charts beyond simple “explore” or “explain” charts - some fascinating science-inspired examples!
June 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Next up at #outlier2025, Zan Armstrong introduces diagnostic charts - the middle ground of really useful charts beyond simple “explore” or “explain” charts - some fascinating science-inspired examples!
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I've checked the box on "despair." Guess it's time to "get back to work."
Inspired by @albertocairo.com's advice, in this new EffAff post, Gabby and I consider how simple visualizations 📊 of social change might encourage resilience on the path ahead.
effaff.com/hope-despair...
Inspired by @albertocairo.com's advice, in this new EffAff post, Gabby and I consider how simple visualizations 📊 of social change might encourage resilience on the path ahead.
effaff.com/hope-despair...
January 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I've checked the box on "despair." Guess it's time to "get back to work."
Inspired by @albertocairo.com's advice, in this new EffAff post, Gabby and I consider how simple visualizations 📊 of social change might encourage resilience on the path ahead.
effaff.com/hope-despair...
Inspired by @albertocairo.com's advice, in this new EffAff post, Gabby and I consider how simple visualizations 📊 of social change might encourage resilience on the path ahead.
effaff.com/hope-despair...
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One Million Applause for One Million Checkboxes 👏✅👏✅👏
Check out @itseieio.bsky.social's brilliant talk on games, connecting strangers, and how some very smart teens subverted his code and touched his heart ❤️🔥
youtu.be/j2elKdupD6c
Check out @itseieio.bsky.social's brilliant talk on games, connecting strangers, and how some very smart teens subverted his code and touched his heart ❤️🔥
youtu.be/j2elKdupD6c
Localhost: Nolen Royalty's One Million Checkboxes
YouTube video by Recurse Center
youtu.be
January 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
One Million Applause for One Million Checkboxes 👏✅👏✅👏
Check out @itseieio.bsky.social's brilliant talk on games, connecting strangers, and how some very smart teens subverted his code and touched his heart ❤️🔥
youtu.be/j2elKdupD6c
Check out @itseieio.bsky.social's brilliant talk on games, connecting strangers, and how some very smart teens subverted his code and touched his heart ❤️🔥
youtu.be/j2elKdupD6c
This course not only introduced me to the world of birding but also reignited my interest in creative coding! It taught me what a fun/creative/supportive coding environment *could* look like, full of whimsical sketches and whacky ideas. Would highly recommend!
Birding, data viz + creative coding, together at last!
I've just opened registration for new cohorts of my Binoculars to Binomials course.
2 weekly spring cohorts will run in the evenings starting Mar 25th. A more leisurely monthly cohort will run from March - July. 🪶📊
www.jerthorp.me/learning
I've just opened registration for new cohorts of my Binoculars to Binomials course.
2 weekly spring cohorts will run in the evenings starting Mar 25th. A more leisurely monthly cohort will run from March - July. 🪶📊
www.jerthorp.me/learning
LEARNING | jerthorp
Online courses and wokshops about birds, data and creative coding. Binoculars to Binomials is for coders who are interested in cultivating an observational practice, and for birders who want to dive into the rich pool of data that comes out of their hobby. It's also for anyone who's interested in the overlap between environmental care, data and creativity.
www.jerthorp.me
January 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This course not only introduced me to the world of birding but also reignited my interest in creative coding! It taught me what a fun/creative/supportive coding environment *could* look like, full of whimsical sketches and whacky ideas. Would highly recommend!
Love this!
First generative texture hat is done - next one will have another variation to the code(spiral or cable)
I really enjoyed week 1 of the recurse center and am excited for this week.
#creativecoding #fiberart
I really enjoyed week 1 of the recurse center and am excited for this week.
#creativecoding #fiberart
January 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Love this!
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Ready, set, scroll! How long does it take you to scroll through a million pixels? Find out with @priyamisner.bsky.social's millionpixeldash.com
Reply with your times 😁
Reply with your times 😁
Million Pixel Dash
How fast can you scroll through a million pixels?
millionpixeldash.com
January 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Ready, set, scroll! How long does it take you to scroll through a million pixels? Find out with @priyamisner.bsky.social's millionpixeldash.com
Reply with your times 😁
Reply with your times 😁
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project 1: Map Designer, a #dataviz tool and @figma.com plug in that simplifies the process creating and customizing maps in Figma! Had a lot of fun learning how to translate d3-geo's svg paths into Figma's vector networks.
try it out and let me know what you think! www.figma.com/community/pl...
try it out and let me know what you think! www.figma.com/community/pl...
January 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
project 1: Map Designer, a #dataviz tool and @figma.com plug in that simplifies the process creating and customizing maps in Figma! Had a lot of fun learning how to translate d3-geo's svg paths into Figma's vector networks.
try it out and let me know what you think! www.figma.com/community/pl...
try it out and let me know what you think! www.figma.com/community/pl...
Wrote up a lil blog post about implementing a Beeswarm chart 📊 using Svelte 5 + D3! This is me learning/sharing as I go so I probably (definitely) got some stuff wrong 🙃 If you have a better approach for force simulations in Svelte 5 lmk! here.luisavasquez.com/thoughts/bee...
Beeswarms in Svelte 5 + D3
Using Svelte $effect for d3 force simulation
here.luisavasquez.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Wrote up a lil blog post about implementing a Beeswarm chart 📊 using Svelte 5 + D3! This is me learning/sharing as I go so I probably (definitely) got some stuff wrong 🙃 If you have a better approach for force simulations in Svelte 5 lmk! here.luisavasquez.com/thoughts/bee...
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I'm going to run through all of the regional variants. One of the magic parts of this project is that while the code base is the same, the natural geography of the place and the human habits of the birders means they're all different in form and color.
Ready?
🧵
Ready?
🧵
November 14, 2024 at 4:39 PM
I'm going to run through all of the regional variants. One of the magic parts of this project is that while the code base is the same, the natural geography of the place and the human habits of the birders means they're all different in form and color.
Ready?
🧵
Ready?
🧵
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What if each U.S. National Park had a cookie-cutter section removed and placed on a giant chessboard for easy comparison? My latest, with Wendy Shijia Wang: charts.substack.com/p/delicious-...
Delicious Parks
~ And the spirit was hovering over the surface ~
charts.substack.com
June 27, 2024 at 2:40 PM
What if each U.S. National Park had a cookie-cutter section removed and placed on a giant chessboard for easy comparison? My latest, with Wendy Shijia Wang: charts.substack.com/p/delicious-...
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I am beyond thrilled to share that DATA BY DESIGN: AN INTERACTIVE HISTORY OF DATA VISUALIZATION, 1789-1900 is now open for community review at 💚 📊 dataxdesign.io 📊 💙. It's the work of 15+ people across 5 institutions, 2 continents, 2 babies, and a global pandemic. A 🧵 but first:
May 21, 2024 at 2:32 PM
I am beyond thrilled to share that DATA BY DESIGN: AN INTERACTIVE HISTORY OF DATA VISUALIZATION, 1789-1900 is now open for community review at 💚 📊 dataxdesign.io 📊 💙. It's the work of 15+ people across 5 institutions, 2 continents, 2 babies, and a global pandemic. A 🧵 but first:
I was lucky to be paired with the amazing @hannahdormido.bsky.social as part of the @datavizsociety.bsky.social mentorship program over the past couple of months. We had weekly chats about life, careers, & journalism. And she guided me through writing a fun story! 📊👉 charlotte-walkability.vercel.app
May 14, 2024 at 4:56 PM
I was lucky to be paired with the amazing @hannahdormido.bsky.social as part of the @datavizsociety.bsky.social mentorship program over the past couple of months. We had weekly chats about life, careers, & journalism. And she guided me through writing a fun story! 📊👉 charlotte-walkability.vercel.app
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NEW: Questions in Dataviz: How do we take inspiration from textile dataviz?
Book review #27 reviews Record, Map & Culture Art by Jordan Cunliffe. A great book showcasing textile art to inspire all dataviz and data art practitioners, textile or otherwise 📊
questionsindataviz.com/2024/04/18/h...
Book review #27 reviews Record, Map & Culture Art by Jordan Cunliffe. A great book showcasing textile art to inspire all dataviz and data art practitioners, textile or otherwise 📊
questionsindataviz.com/2024/04/18/h...
How can we take inspiration from textile dataviz?
I first wanted to call this post “What is steganography?”. I chose against it, because this post acts as a review of “Record, Map & Culture in Textile Art” by Jordan Cunliffe, a book I have had the pl...
questionsindataviz.com
April 18, 2024 at 4:19 PM
NEW: Questions in Dataviz: How do we take inspiration from textile dataviz?
Book review #27 reviews Record, Map & Culture Art by Jordan Cunliffe. A great book showcasing textile art to inspire all dataviz and data art practitioners, textile or otherwise 📊
questionsindataviz.com/2024/04/18/h...
Book review #27 reviews Record, Map & Culture Art by Jordan Cunliffe. A great book showcasing textile art to inspire all dataviz and data art practitioners, textile or otherwise 📊
questionsindataviz.com/2024/04/18/h...
A cool read on creating weighted, random distributions using excel to design a quilt thecrookedhem.substack.com/p/the-ellswo...
The Ellsworth Kelly quilt, part 2
Math and quilts
thecrookedhem.substack.com
March 14, 2024 at 1:29 AM
A cool read on creating weighted, random distributions using excel to design a quilt thecrookedhem.substack.com/p/the-ellswo...
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This one took a bit of work, but really like the quilting feel of it. Took my earlier #Generative #linocut and added half size stippled black triangles. Rotation of the stippled triangles also set by the roll of a d4. #GenerativeDice #dataart #dataviz 📊
February 20, 2024 at 10:42 PM
This one took a bit of work, but really like the quilting feel of it. Took my earlier #Generative #linocut and added half size stippled black triangles. Rotation of the stippled triangles also set by the roll of a d4. #GenerativeDice #dataart #dataviz 📊
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📊 Two of the things Luisa Vasquez (@vluisa.bsky.social) loves are reading and sewing.
So, when she saw a way she could combine her two loves while sprinkling in some data viz, she had to document her process in creating a quilt visualizing her 2023 reading list.
nightingaledvs.com/quilting-my-...
So, when she saw a way she could combine her two loves while sprinkling in some data viz, she had to document her process in creating a quilt visualizing her 2023 reading list.
nightingaledvs.com/quilting-my-...
Quilting My Reading List - Nightingale
This quilt was created using the data from all the books I read in 2023. It measures roughly 11×16 inches, was assembled on my sewing..
nightingaledvs.com
February 14, 2024 at 5:35 PM
📊 Two of the things Luisa Vasquez (@vluisa.bsky.social) loves are reading and sewing.
So, when she saw a way she could combine her two loves while sprinkling in some data viz, she had to document her process in creating a quilt visualizing her 2023 reading list.
nightingaledvs.com/quilting-my-...
So, when she saw a way she could combine her two loves while sprinkling in some data viz, she had to document her process in creating a quilt visualizing her 2023 reading list.
nightingaledvs.com/quilting-my-...
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I'm on vacation and that's why here's already the next Svelte ❤️ D3 video.
This time: How to build a responsive map from a geojson file. 📊🗺️
➡️ youtu.be/W7nkruZ2q0s
This time: How to build a responsive map from a geojson file. 📊🗺️
➡️ youtu.be/W7nkruZ2q0s
February 7, 2024 at 8:55 PM
I'm on vacation and that's why here's already the next Svelte ❤️ D3 video.
This time: How to build a responsive map from a geojson file. 📊🗺️
➡️ youtu.be/W7nkruZ2q0s
This time: How to build a responsive map from a geojson file. 📊🗺️
➡️ youtu.be/W7nkruZ2q0s
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"Helvetica is more than a font, it’s a state of mind".
In our latest blog post, Stamen cartographer @mappingmashups.bsky.social takes us on a typographic tour through the font selection in our signature "Toner" map style.
stamen.com/helvetica-is...
In our latest blog post, Stamen cartographer @mappingmashups.bsky.social takes us on a typographic tour through the font selection in our signature "Toner" map style.
stamen.com/helvetica-is...
Helvetica is more than a font, it’s a state of mind | Stamen
One of our biggest projects last year was an update of our classic basemap styles, working hard with our partners at Stadia to adapt these maps to modern infrastructure and keep them running for years...
stamen.com
January 30, 2024 at 6:08 PM
"Helvetica is more than a font, it’s a state of mind".
In our latest blog post, Stamen cartographer @mappingmashups.bsky.social takes us on a typographic tour through the font selection in our signature "Toner" map style.
stamen.com/helvetica-is...
In our latest blog post, Stamen cartographer @mappingmashups.bsky.social takes us on a typographic tour through the font selection in our signature "Toner" map style.
stamen.com/helvetica-is...
I’m excited to share a data art project I’ve been working on this month! It’s a quilt made using the data of all the books I read in 2023 📊
January 30, 2024 at 3:16 AM
I’m excited to share a data art project I’ve been working on this month! It’s a quilt made using the data of all the books I read in 2023 📊
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HOW TO GET STARTED ON DATAVIZ BLUESKY 📊 IN 9 STEPS
If you're arriving here, you may wonder where is the dataviz community and how to partake in it.
Here's a thread on how I suggest going about it.
🧵👇
If you're arriving here, you may wonder where is the dataviz community and how to partake in it.
Here's a thread on how I suggest going about it.
🧵👇
January 29, 2024 at 3:03 PM
HOW TO GET STARTED ON DATAVIZ BLUESKY 📊 IN 9 STEPS
If you're arriving here, you may wonder where is the dataviz community and how to partake in it.
Here's a thread on how I suggest going about it.
🧵👇
If you're arriving here, you may wonder where is the dataviz community and how to partake in it.
Here's a thread on how I suggest going about it.
🧵👇
@albertocairo.bsky.social ‘s new book arrived just in time for some airport reading!
November 8, 2023 at 9:44 PM
@albertocairo.bsky.social ‘s new book arrived just in time for some airport reading!
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Save the date for outlier conference!
June 12-14, 2024 | Chicago USA
Chicago is very lovely in June so that’s just an extra bonus.
June 12-14, 2024 | Chicago USA
Chicago is very lovely in June so that’s just an extra bonus.
November 6, 2023 at 8:21 PM
Save the date for outlier conference!
June 12-14, 2024 | Chicago USA
Chicago is very lovely in June so that’s just an extra bonus.
June 12-14, 2024 | Chicago USA
Chicago is very lovely in June so that’s just an extra bonus.
Thanks for the invite @amycesal.bsky.social ! Going to share some of my data viz projects as I learn & grow. This is one of my favorites so far - a set of 4 coasters about the Colombian coffee trade (images show front & back of each coaster)
October 19, 2023 at 1:18 AM
Thanks for the invite @amycesal.bsky.social ! Going to share some of my data viz projects as I learn & grow. This is one of my favorites so far - a set of 4 coasters about the Colombian coffee trade (images show front & back of each coaster)