Andy Kirk

The minute I receive an invoice/bill I see that amount of money as no longer being mine so I both agree with and applaud your 8 minute average :)

Tomorrow I will post out my latest newsletter to subscribers. This will be a (belated) combined view of the 50 best things I encountered during May AND June, as I had to skip a month due to work and non-work stuff.

To subscribe or check out all previous issues visit visualisingdata.com/newsletter/

The alert says 'Transform a Doc into engaging video'. The doc in question is my ToDo list.

Going to cancel this morning's meetings to immerse myself in the engaging video I've being encouraged to create about my ToDo list.

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Explore Explain highlight videos – Season 5 - Data Viz Excellence, Everywhere Happy to share news of the production and release of short 'highlights' videos from Season 5 of Explore Explain. The idea is to identify, extract, edit, and package up five key insights to emerge from...

With great guests lined up and new episode recordings of Season 6 Explore Explain underway, the last piece of unfinished business from Season 5 is now done: highlight reels sharing 5 headline insights from each full episode are now published and ready to watch.

visualisingdata.com/2025/07/expl...

Lots of visual-treatment potential in this statistically packed report ‘Silicon Valley Pain Index’ www.sjsu.edu/hri/policy-p...

As expected, this was a delightful conversation with Anna!
The episode will be published at the start of September when the distractions of July/August pass.

🎙️ Really looking forward to this chat with Andy next week!
Stay tuned for insights and anecdotes about #dataviz & climate science 🌍📈

In the meantime go browse through all 5 past seasons of his podcast: a real treasure of content & inspirational conversations ➡️ visualisingdata.com/podcast/

A pleasure, and I'm so glad you like it! I have a couple more in stock here etsy.me/3UcIhXE

DISTRIBUTIONS: 16 ways to visualize them

Since you folks seem to like lengthy threads, let's look at visualizing distributions. I'll visualize one data set 16 ways and give some other examples of each chart type. #dataViz

100%. A charticulator extension to PowerBI and an embedded Lincoln within Illustrator would have both been immensely welcome

Congrats Chris that sounds a brilliant opportunity and nobody better to bring the stories to a wider audience within and outside academia in times like these. All the best

After a few month's gap to help my focus on the juggling act of keeping business ticking over during a move across the sea, next week I will be resuming 'Explore Explain' episode recordings. My next guest is the magnificent Anna Lombardi, and we'll be exploring this vast piece of visual excellence 👇

Too kind sir, I’m just thankful that these nice people are receptive to hear from me!

The Adelphi, HQ of The Economist

The Adelphi, HQ of The Economist

Followed by this afternoon’s

Wembley stadium from the outside

Exec box meeting space at Wembley

This morning’s workplace

CHART: Designing Creative Data Visualizations from Charts to Art CHART is a guide to unleashing creativity in data visualization. It takes you on a journey along the spectrum from an ordinary chart to data art, packed with ways to bring more creativity into any vis...

Here's where to find it: www.routledge.com/CHART-Design...

Nadieh is rightly seen as one of the very best in the business so the content is assured to be amazing, both in the array of her outrageously good case studies, but also in the smart, clear way she talks about them and the subject at large. Beautifully designed and styled by @datacitron.bsky.social

After a couple of weeks’ wait I’ve finally been able to unwrap my latest book arrival and this is a big one (in every way): “CHART – Designing Creative Data Visualizations from Charts to Art” by Nadieh Bremer looks like it’s going to an instant classic.

A map showing South West England and Wales, labelled "Graph of British Rivers". Two river courses are shown, labelled 'Wye axis' and 'Exe axis'. Does anyone read these descriptions, or am I wasting my time?

Graph of British Rivers

Now to immerse myself in reading some of the endless tributes and trying to process this awful loss of Diogo Jota who was an absolute belter of a player and who seemed a brilliant fella. So sad. And his brother too. His poor family, good grief.

Absolutely great two days masterclass’ing with a wonderful group of attendees. Loved every minute and such a brilliant new teaching space at Canva’s Hoxton campus. Thanks to all!

Devastating news about Diogo Jota

If you're in London this Wednesday (2nd) and fancy a couple of drinks with me and some data viz training attendees we'll be in Strongroom Bar on Curtain Road (www.strongroombar.com) from 5:30 onwards.

That’s a pretty good basis

If you're in London this Wednesday (2nd) and fancy a couple of drinks with me and some data viz training attendees we'll be in Strongroom Bar on Curtain Road (www.strongroombar.com) from 5:30 onwards.

Hi Joost - we're going to head to Strongroom Bar on Curtain Road (www.strongroombar.com) - it has an outside courtyard which should be compatible with Wednesday’s forecast :) Will be there from 5:30 onwards.

On July 9th I'll be at the 'London Data Week' event hosted by Flourish on a panel exploring 'The stories that break through the noise' - what, why, how, and when does data actually move us to feel something and to do something.

Hope to see some of you there!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-that-...

Caption reads: Temperatures rising with one of hottest June days ever expected... But on for the first day of Wimbledon, one person who queued in a tent overnight insists it was "great fun".

On one hand it is predicted today will be one of the hottest June days ever, but on the other hand one person who queued for Wimbledon in a tent overnight insists it was "great fun", so its important to keep a balance in the coverage...

VizChitra 2025: India's first community-driven Data Visualization conference A space to connect and create with data

If I wasn’t extremely out-of-office this week I’d be tuning into @vizchitra.bsky.social ‘India's first community-driven Data Visualization conference’ via one of their generous virtual passes. For those of you in-office I’d strongly recommend taking a look hasgeek.com/VizChitra/20...

New Course: ‘Masterclass in Data Visualisation’ (London, Jul 2025) - Data Viz Excellence, Everywhere I'm happy to announce details of a new public training course, the two-day classroom-based 'Masterclass in Data Visualisation' will take place in London, on 2-3 July 2025.

"What course is this?", you might ask.

Good question: Its my 'Masterclass in Data Visualisation' two-day public training event, open to anyone and everyone and with just a handful of places remaining.

So, why not come for the drinks AND stay for the course?

visualisingdata.com/2025/03/new-...