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March 21, 2021August 12, 2021Neil

Why is data visualisation so important in society?

One of the hardest parts to write about this particular blog post was the title. In the end, I’ve gone with my chosen title to make it clear that this is a book review of “Data Visualization in Society” – a book formed of a collection of data visualisation essays and edited by Martin Engebretsen […]

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February 24, 2021Neil

How can statistics help us understand the world?

This question forms the perfect title for this blog post, since it is the first question on the back of the book “The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data” written by Sir David Spiegelhalter. I first learned about David Spiegelhalter when I watched his keynote at the UK Tableau Conference in London in 2017. His […]

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January 24, 2021Neil

What is the difference between typeface and font?

Last year, I hosted a Fireside Chat with the Data Visualization Society on Typography for Data Visualisation. You can see the full discussion below – I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and emerged with a new enthusiasm and determination to learn more about how I could make the right font design decisions in my data visualisations. […]

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January 8, 2021Neil

When is a book more than just a book?

The answer, of course, is when it is a portal to the universe. I could stop there, but that wouldn’t do justice to this as a book review, my first of several promised for 2021. I’ve chosen to review “I am a book. I am a portal to the universe” for many reasons. Firstly, it’s […]

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