And it begins #outlier2023

Today at OutlierConf, Shirley Wu stirred up many emotions in the room & moved some to tears (including me) with her keynote ‘Taking up space’. She talked about the importance of physical visualisation in a very personal & vulnerable way & how data art has been healing for her.

"Toponymy is not a detail: it is made up of choices that reinforce narrative". Fascinating project shared by João Bernardo & @claudioirl on representation of gender in the toponymy of Porto. Explore their project if you haven't already. ruasdogenero.pt #outlier2023

"Get to know your peers with Data Physicalisation" was Salomé Esteves's hands-on & playful workshop to create handcrafted visualisations. A delightful way to end day one of the conference. Fantastic team building idea! #outlier2023 #datavisualization

Kudos to Nadieh Bremer for an amazing keynote at #outliter2023, even though she was not feeling the best. 9 tips on how to move btw data viz & data art. My favourite one? Over encode the data variables to create more visual diversity especially when dealing with small dataset!💡

At #outlier2023, James Smith | SportsChord shared his incredible side hustle journey from his first data viz print sale to being a part of Formula 1 exhibition. For him side hustle has been a vehicle for creativity & learning.

Fascinating talk by Jeremy Wanner at #Outlier2023, they are helping elite athletes using data projections & visualisation in preparation for Paris 2024 Fun facts about Jeremy; he has no social media & after #Outlier2023 he was going to ride his bicycle from Porto back to Paris!🚴‍♂️

"Our standard for a creative idea is so big, it keeps us from trying” Alli Torban at #outlier2023. I almost felt seen when she said how we think of originality of ideas as being original to all humans. It can just original for you!! The 4C model of creativity is a game changer!

Last week at #outlier2023, @Data_Design_ie shared his interesting experiments around mapping out systems. His experiments started from automatically injecting system maps from Miro to identify nodes & links so that they can be analysed and visualised to then take action.

As #outlier2023 attendees, Sophie Sparkes  & I exchanged notes about our experiences & shared it with Data Visualization Society. Read about the best and worst bits of an in-person vs virtual experience from our point of view. nightingaledvs.com/outlier-2023-r…

Visualising World Press Freedom Index for #makeovermonday week 20. This data set contains so many stories, unfortunately mostly pointing to a deteriorating situation. Andy Kriebel's Watch Me Viz gave me a few ides. Thanks Andy! public.tableau.com/app/profile/zu…

Well this was unexpected 🙈 Thank you Tableau Public, it's always a pleasant surprise having your work recognised through #VizOfTheDay And a huge thank you to everyone who has been commenting and re-sharing. Your kind words and support means a lot. ♥️

I will be presenting at #Tableau Basel User Group on Data Storytelling on Jun 15 from 18hr00-20hr00. Look forward to meet and to network with Tableau users from that region! RVSP here: usergroups.tableau.com/events/details… #DataFam #TableauUserGroups

Finally got a chance to meet Shazeera Ahmad Zawawi at Basel TUG yesterday, organised by Quantum Analytics AG. Her enthusiasm and energy is infectious! Thank you for the great talk Shazeera, I am a huge fan of your work.

Last week at #artbasel2023 I got a chance to meet the amazing duo of @superdot_studio, Nicole Lachenmeier & @DarjanHil for their exhibit at 'Swiss Design Awards'. How brilliant are those card sized elements! They would work perfectly in a workshop setting, don't you think? #dataviz

Here's the viz that I and Tristan Guillevin collaborated on for the #LondonTUG Attending this event was a 1st for me (also 1st🐝swarm). The community and their engagement impressed me! I'm eagerly anticipating my next visit 🤞 Here's the interactive version 👇 tabsoft.co/3ZpORfl

Interested in ✍️hand-drawn #dataviz, using your 📱 to get creative, trying to create while juggling small kids 👶? Over the next 30 days, I'll be writing 30 Atomic Essays. Follow my Social Blog on Typeshare: typeshare.co/sophiesparkes

I picked up last week's #MakeoverMonday dataset & gave it a go. Decided to go with a 100% stacked bar chart as responses do not add up to a 100% due to multi-select survey question. I tried to keep it simple & added a bit more context. #tableau #dataviz tinyurl.com/3y5sjcc3

Come join us tomorrow!