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April 21, 2018Neil

Why is sport such a good topic for visualisations?

Sport visualisations won’t be for everyone, but I do think that the debate on this question is quite simple. Sports by their nature are full of numbers and data: times, goals, scores, dates, rankings, statistics, averages, records, tables, and the like. Most of these are not too difficult to get hold of, either via Wikipedia […]

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July 25, 2017July 25, 2017Neil

Where is the joy?

I haven’t gone all contemplative on you for this post, nor am I channelling my inner Black-Eyed Pea, but instead this is a post about the recent phenomenon of the Joy Plot. And it’s fair to say it’s resulted in a bit of a division of opinion. Those who know the derivation of the Joy […]

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July 5, 2017July 18, 2017Neil

What is the best choice of background colour?

This week I began work on a Wimbledon-themed viz. I’m sure when I started this blog I had a stubborn determination not to use the word “viz”, rather to use the full term “visualisation” wherever possible. But I have a feeling it didn’t pan out that way, and given my propensity to veer off-topic, anything […]

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June 5, 2016June 5, 2016Neil

Should every visualisation tell a story?

As the 2016 French Open Tennis began a couple of weeks ago, the withdrawal of Roger Federer through injury was  major story, both from a sport perspective (Federer remains a leading contender and his absence will be a major boost to his competitors) and from a data perspective (Federer is so consistent, that he has […]

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