Data Viz Today
Alli Torban
Helping you become a more effective information designer.
You want to create effective data visualizations. That's hard work. There are so many decisions to make, like chart type, annotations, and color!
Will this podcast help?
Host and fellow data viz designer Alli Torban is in the trenches with you. She shares the latest tools and methods that she's discovered while on the job and interviewing top designers.
If you're an analyst, journalist, or designer who wants to hone your skills with specific tactics, then this show could be just what you need.
You want to create effective data visualizations. That's hard work. There are so many decisions to make, like chart type, annotations, and color!
Will this podcast help?
Host and fellow data viz designer Alli Torban is in the trenches with you. She shares the latest tools and methods that she's discovered while on the job and interviewing top designers.
If you're an analyst, journalist, or designer who wants to hone your skills with specific tactics, then this show could be just what you need.
Episodes
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May 1, 2018 • 12min
11: How to Make Your Sports Viz Appeal to a Wider Audience - Featured Data Visualization by Ben Matheson
How can you make your sports viz appeal to a wider audience to include those passively interested in your sport? Host Alli Torban dives into specific ways to pull out the strategy and nuance of your sports data. Featured viz by Ben Matheson models how to appeal to a wide audience by visualizing the strategy behind the run/rest decisions of Iditarod mushers. Show Notes Ben's Website Follow Ben on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter
Apr 24, 2018 • 13min
10: How to Win Client Buy-In for Your Designs - Featured Data Visualizations by Pooja Gandhi & Adam Crahen
How can you secure client buy-in for your data viz designs? Host Alli Torban dives into specific ways to practice that will bring your data visualization from good to great. Featured vizzes by Pooja Gandhi and Adam Crahen are perfect examples of a collaborative process that will elevate your designs and ultimately help you gain client buy-in. Show Notes Data Duo Website Follow Pooja on Twitter Follow Adam on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter
Apr 17, 2018 • 15min
09: How to Humanize Your Data Viz - Featured Data Visualization by Rodrigo Menegat & Vinicius Sueiro
How can we approach a dataset that will make people feel connected to it? How can we humanize our data viz? Host Alli Torban dives into these questions by examining Rodrigo Menegat and Vinicius Sueiro's data visualization called "All the Government Barbecues," which won a Kantar Information is Beautiful Award in 2017. Show Notes Follow Rodrigo on Twitter Vinicius' Website Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter
Apr 10, 2018 • 17min
08: How to Dare to Use a Radar Chart - Featured Data Visualization by Zak Geis
This episode features Zak Geis' eye-catching data viz inspired by radar charts. This is a difficult chart type to work with! In this episode, host Alli Torban dives into its limitations and how you can best implement it. Shownotes Follow Zak on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter
Apr 3, 2018 • 16min
07: How to Annotate Like a Boss! Featured Data Visualization by Susie Lu
Do you add annotations to your data viz? Susie Lu's data visualization presented Emmy nominations in a clear and concise way thanks to her smart annotation choices. Susie is the Queen of annotations - she's the creator of the popular D3.js library that gives you the ability to customize annotations and labels. In this episode, host Alli Torban dives into the important aspects of an annotation, and how you can best implement them in your work. Show Notes Susie's Website Follow Susie on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter
Mar 27, 2018 • 11min
06: How to Create an Engaging Data Viz - Featured Data Visualization by Jim Vallandingham
How can you get people engaged in your data viz? Jim Vallandingham visualized how long it took people to draw over 50 million doodles for Google Quick Draw, which resulted in a fun and engaging data viz. In this episode, host Alli Torban explores how you can create an engaging data viz too. Show Notes Jim's Website Follow Jim on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter
Mar 20, 2018 • 12min
05: How to Take Inspiration from Art - Featured Data Visualization by Guney Soykan
Have you ever been inspired by a piece of art and wanted to incorporate it into your work? Guney Soykan is an award-winning art director who visualized the tenure of world leaders through composite portraits. In this episode, host Alli Torban explores what we can learn from artists like Guney and how we can take inspiration from art and apply it to our data viz. Show Notes Guney's Website Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter
Mar 13, 2018 • 13min
04: How to Find Answers in Survey Results - Featured Data Visualization by Shirley Wu
Do you need to find answers in survey results? Shirley Wu visualized the results of a survey of 981 data viz creators' frustrations and found insights with her unique techniques. In this episode, host Alli Torban explores how you can find answers and visualize your survey results too! Show Notes Shirley's Website Shirley's Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter
Mar 8, 2018 • 10min
03: How to Tell a Story Through Movement - Featured Data Visualization by Pierre Massat
Are you trying to tell a story with your data? Maybe you can find the story by focusing on where the movement is happening. Pierre Massat brought the familial relationships of Kenyan elephants to life with his data viz. It's a compelling example of using movement to tell a story. In this episode, host Alli Torban explores how you can do the same. Get the printable mentioned in the show - here. Show Notes Pierre's Website Follow Pierre on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter
Mar 6, 2018 • 11min
02: How to Find & Represent Seasonality in Data - Featured Data Visualization by Nadieh Bremer & Zan Armstrong
Have you ever tried to visualize seasonality? It's a fascinating topic. Nadieh Bremer and Zan Armstrong visualized the seasonal patterns of U.S. births in their award-winning data viz. In this episode, host Alli Torban explores how you can find and represent seasonality in data too. Show Notes Nadieh's Website Follow Nadieh on Twitter Zan's Website Follow Zan on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter
