Communicating Data to the Public - Katherine S. Rowell

Bar Humbug!

Post author:KathyDevSite
Post published:December 18, 2019
Post category:Communicating Data to the Public / Data Visualization / Graphs / Newsletters
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Can I tell you how tired I am of hearing people tell me that “bars are boring”? VERY TIRED. Bar humbug!! A true pillar of data visualization, bars are used…

Heavenly Icons

Post author:KathyDevSite
Post published:October 22, 2019
Post category:Communicating Data to the Public / Dashboards / Data Visualization / Newsletters
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It’s quite astonishing how even when I get out of my office and resolve not think about my work for a while, I stumble upon something that makes me think…

What the Hex?

Post author:KathyDevSite
Post published:July 9, 2019
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I think (and hope) that I’m exceptionally open to new ideas and to change — but if I’m brutally honest, I must also acknowledge that there are times when my…

A New View of Scores and Percentiles

Post author:KathyDevSite
Post published:May 8, 2019
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Do you remember taking standardized tests? The one I remember best was the SAT’s, in high school. They struck fear into our hearts: would my friends and I do well…

Leading Causes of Death

Post author:KathyDevSite
Post published:March 25, 2019
Post category:Communicating Data to the Public / Data Visualization / Newsletters / Tableau / Tables
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It’s a beautiful snowy morning in New England. There’s a fire in the fireplace, and my husband is reading the newspaper with two pups snoozing away at his feet. It’s…

Mekko Charts

Post author:KathyDevSite
Post published:February 4, 2019
Post category:Best Practices / Communicating Data to the Public / Data Visualization / Newsletters / Tableau
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I’m a long (long)-time devotee of the iconic Marimekko designs and textiles. I have Marimekko clothes (I’m sure they’re considered vintage now), and in my daughter’s bedroom I splurged on…

Design Thinking Required

Post author:KathyDevSite
Post published:December 3, 2018
Post category:Communicating Data to the Public / Know Your Audience / Newsletters
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A colleague recently sent me an article by Atul Gawande, MD: “Why Doctors Hate Their Computers” (huh — you don’t say!). If you’re familiar with Dr. Gawande’s work, you know…

A Profoundly Moving Data Display, Revisited

Post author:KathyDevSite
Post published:November 8, 2018
Post category:Communicating Data to the Public / Data Visualization / Know Your Audience / Newsletters
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Perhaps you’ve visited this memorial. There are more than 58,000 names engraved on panels of polished black granite commemorating the Americans who died or were listed as Missing in Action…

Serious Talk About Bubbles

Post author:KathyDevSite
Post published:September 18, 2018
Post category:Communicating Data to the Public / Dashboards / Data Visualization / Newsletters
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This past summer our beloved daughter, Annie, was married to our new, very favorite son-in-law, Douglas. There were bubbles blown by the guests as the bride and groom finalized their…

Visualizing Annual Reports and the Donaghue Foundation

Post author:KathyDevSite
Post published:June 26, 2018
Post category:Communicating Data to the Public / Data Visualization / Know Your Audience / Newsletters
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Recently I was engaged to help the Donaghue Foundation re-imagine parts of its 2017 Annual Report. I was thrilled to work on this project, as the important work the Foundation…

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