HelpMeViz

Helping people with everyday data visualizations
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Download more than 500 color palettes from @edithwyoung's book, Color Scheme, in CMYK, RGB, and HEX codes. Then, listen to the podcast episode! https://t.co/hDqoBGcXdm

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I was curious, so I updated the famous NYT Yield Curve in @msexcel (using quarterly data). Here's how I did it and why--with a downloadable Excel file to boot! | https://t.co/B9UUGNL6aW

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How do you get people to get away from the same old graphs time and time again? Maybe show them different alternatives! | https://t.co/hpcv2WW2O6

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I built a color contrast checker in @msexcel. It's a multi-step process and enables you to do color accessibility checks for multiple color pairs quickly. See how I built it and download it for yourself. | https://t.co/D50FlBAkNQ

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Some thoughts about creating data visualizations with outliers. | https://t.co/T0sJJ02aQG

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Dual axis charts are confusing, hard to read, and can be easily manipulated to suggest correlations when none exist. Here are some things to consider. | https://t.co/KXABsLNalV

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Back to school this week? Are you a K-12 teacher or instructor? Read this post and fill out the linked Google Form for your chance to win five FREE Match It data visualization card games! | https://t.co/FqxZnJzLKB

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My @UWMadison (& @IRP_UW) mentor and friend Robert (Bob) Haveman passed away last week. Bob was a major influence in my life and I'll miss him. I've written a short memorial to him on my site. | https://t.co/Id14jRCFcb

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What are Senators Saying About the Uvalde, Texas School Shooting? A new analysis using Twitter data. | https://t.co/e10bGB6pqj

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Need even more hockey data? Here's a behind-the-scenes look at how I collected, analyzed, and visualized data on @NHL goalie height and weight (plus other stuff). | https://t.co/Jfyn4pKNGi

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🏒🏒I had a lot of fun with this post on @NHL data that looks at goalie height & weight during Wayne Gretzky's and @ovi8's careers. Hopefully, I did @JoeBpXp, @Laughlin18, @JunksRadio, & @grantpaulsen proud. | https://t.co/b16aOwG9c0

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Do data visualization awards separate the data from the design? New blog post on some reservations about #dataviz awards. | https://t.co/lFimPFZnSx

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What (free!) #dataviz blogs, newsletters, places to practice, examples, and tools do I use? Check out this annotated list. (with s/o to @AnnKEmery, @flowingdata, @pbump, @storywithdata, @_cingraham, and many more). | https://t.co/po0prw6tKd

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Do you like to use diverging color palettes in your #dataviz? Make sure you're using them correctly and are labeling the midpoint. Some thoughts in a much too long post. | https://t.co/iQouRteduU

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What are the top and best #dataviz tools? Here's a slightly longer round-up than you might have been looking for. | https://t.co/bh21bpZ9JW

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What I learned from judging a high school debate competition about being a better presenter. | When it comes to presentations, consider quality over quantity https://t.co/TsapKGJUPL

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Make a @pbump-style tile grid map with slope charts in @msexcel! VLOOKUP + IF + line charts + scatterplot + error bars = awesomeness. | https://t.co/Oetm6VGGTB

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Graphs are like X-rays | https://t.co/ltFbY4a4IE

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Learn how to wrap and align long labels in #Excel in this short blog post and video. | https://t.co/Um6OjFq5MW

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Making a NYT graph in Excel. Blog post and step-by-step video. | https://t.co/45xdyjJULM