David Foster

David Foster is an information designer and data visualization specialist with over 30 years of experience in print and digital.

[Rick Newman @rickjnewman]

The stock rally has created so much wealth in the last 12 months that if split evenly among all US households it would be more than $100,000 apiece

Are you getting your share?

Most Americans aren't

Check out this chartwork by @DFosterGraphics

[Just Dave now @justdavenow89]

This dog is like fuck you I wont play by your rules

[David Foster @DFosterGraphics]

America's wealth grew 742% since 1989.
The richest 10% captured most of it.
We built an interactive that shows exactly how — scroll through 36 years of data on stocks, real estate, and who owns what.
🔗 https://t.co/7bFVESDNO2
(with @rickjnewman )

[peter lane @peterlanee]

Paul McCartney on the TRUMPET playing “When The Saints Go Marching In” with Jon Batiste and The Late Show Band after the Hello, Goodbye performance

(via Rob Barnett on Facebook)

[CyrilXBT @cyrilXBT]

GitHub just dropped something wild.

A system that forces AI agents to write full specs before touching a single line of code.

95,000 stars in days.

The idea is simple but brutal:

No spec → no code.

The AI has to plan the entire architecture, define all requirements, and document edge cases BEFORE it's allowed to build anything.

This flips how most devs use AI agents today.

Most people just prompt and pray.

This makes the agent think like a senior engineer first.

The result?

Less hallucinated code.

Fewer rewrites.

Agents that actually ship what you asked for.

This is the shift everyone saw coming but nobody built until now.

Spec-first AI development is about to become the new standard.

And the 95K stars in 72 hours?

The market just told you what it thinks.

[Rick Newman @rickjnewman]

Too busy to keep up with markets and the economy? We've got you covered

Latest charts from me and @DFosterGraphics tell what you need to know

Inflation is the story all over again as Trumpflation reprises Bidenflation

Stock market finally taking notice

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

Colbert and Letterman brought back Dave’s "Destroying Stuff" bit from the roof of the Ed Sullivan Theater one last time….and Dave with an epic goodbye for CBS:

"In the words of the great Ed Murrow, 'Good night and good luck, motherf*ckers!'"

[David Foster @DFosterGraphics]

@jasonbpomerantz Thanks! That’s because it’s my life and there’s no one else like me :)

[David Foster @DFosterGraphics]

I mapped all 2,236 of my LinkedIn connections as an animated D3 network — 30 years of journalism, dataviz, and a parallel life in music. Every dot is a real person.
Watch what happens in 2011 👇
https://t.co/jjPf32zM7Y
#dataviz #d3js #scrollytelling

[David Foster @DFosterGraphics]

@DFosterGraphics latest chartwork for @rickjnewman and the Pinpoint Press

[Rick Newman @rickjnewman]

This is the most pernicious economic trend in the United States

Working and middle class share of wealth hit a record low during Trump's first term, and is heading for an even lower low in Trump 2.0

Trump's "golden age" only exists for the rich

Chartwork by @DFosterGraphics

[David Foster @DFosterGraphics]

The data said NYC pizza is mostly excellent.
I was trying to visualize the worst of it.
New Chartwork 👇

https://t.co/p0o8JpetWI

[David Foster @DFosterGraphics]

Are you better off than one year ago?
Depends entirely on whether you own stocks.
@rickjnewman / The Pinpoint Press Better-Off Index tracks jobs, income, home affordability + stocks...and the gap is stark.
Interactive: https://t.co/zuRYKG1ODs
Full piece: https://t.co/9GYc9vAsRU

[David Foster @DFosterGraphics]

My latest chartwork for @rickjnewman

[Rick Newman @rickjnewman]

Are you better off than you were one year ago?

If you own stocks, hell yeah

If you don't, 😡

Latest results from The Pinpoint Press Better-Off Index

Chartwork by @DFosterGraphics

https://t.co/iuHkOR4Iq4

[Rick Newman @rickjnewman]

A lot of people wonder how #stocks can be near record highs amid war and an energy crisis

I explain

Latest from The Pinpoint Press

With chartapalooza by @DFosterGraphics

https://t.co/p00E20NZA6

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

This is the trailer for our news season of Master Plan.

This series has taken almost 2 years to report.

My request is that you go search “Master Plan” in your podcast app right now, subscribe, and leave a rating & a review.

And retweet this.

[David Foster @DFosterGraphics]

My latest charts for @rickjnewman
Check out the full Trumponomics interactive dataset at https://t.co/FxL5zxcj9b
#datavisualization #trump #economicdata

[Rick Newman @rickjnewman]

How does the Trump economy compare with Biden, Obama, etc?

Pretty badly

@DFosterGraphics and I have the best rundown on the Trump economy you'll find anywhere

Latest from The Pinpoint Press

https://t.co/F4bw2nn5up

[David Foster @DFosterGraphics]

The night Steve Jobs died I was already redesigning his org chart—moving Tim Cook to the center.
Now Cook is stepping down.
I wrote about that night for Chartwork.
https://t.co/E5Y2yUzoxQ
#Apple #TimCook #dataviz

[David Foster @DFosterGraphics]

@davidsirota @internetarchive @waybackmachine 👏