Favourites
Data visualization for analytics products is multi-faceted and always evolving!
Here is my current list of go-to’s for guidelines, tools, communities, inspiration, and more.
Guides, newsletters, blogs, etc.
Datawrapper Blog by Lisa Charlotte Muth
Dataviz Clarity by Aurelien Vautier
BI Bites by Anastasiya Kuznetsova
Tableau Tips & Resources by Valerie Madojemu
Data Visualisation Checklist by Stephanie Evergreen
Nightingale by the Data Visualization Society
Perceptual Edge by Stephen Few
Colour
Review best practices for colour use and selection on Datawrapper
Find colour schemes using a base colour and the colour wheel on Canva
Preview your selections in charts and test for colour blindness using Viz Palette
Build sequential and diverging colour scales using Chroma.js or Learn UI
Compare foreground and background colours to test contrast using Leonardo
Chart taxonomies
Data Viz Project by Ferdio
From Data to Viz by Yan Holtz and Conor Healy
Visual Vocabulary by the Financial Times
The Tableau Chart Catalog by the Flerlage Twins
Accessibility
Chartability by Frank Elavsky
Build Accessible Dashboards by Tableau
Heuristics for the use of text in dashboards by Nicole Sultanum and Vidya Setlur
Viz Palette by Elijah Meeks and Susie Lu
Courses
Data storytelling & visualization by The Economist
Open Visualization Academy by Alberto Cairo
Tableau Public authors (some may be open to work!)
Contact me
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