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Last updated: Dec 19, 2020

I answer questions I get from people who want to learn more about what it's like to work in data visualization. This post will be regularly updated as I get questions from others.

Cataloguing My Family's History Through Food

Jan 12, 2021

How could I show recipes beyond the standard cookbook? What are some ways I could visualize data that could last for generations to come?

Building My Hugo Website as a Noob

Dec 28, 2020

With very little web development skills, I spent over 80 hours learning how to put my site together with Hugo and Netlify.

Teaching My First Data Visualization Workshop in Toronto

Nov 30, 2020

What it was like to create my first workshop and what I learned from the experience.

Designing Data Visualizations with the Tekken Community

Aug 3, 2020

I opened my design process to hear feedback and suggestions from the public community on Reddit.

Data Visualization Style Guide: How I Learned to Design One

May 10, 2020

What’s a data visualization style guide? Why and when is it needed? How do we create one? I initiated a project to better understand them by designing one for Slack.

How Tekken Reinvented My Data Visualization Design Process

Sep 3, 2020

Engaging the community around this fighting game challenged me to rethink my approach to creating data visualizations.

How Self-Employed Data Visualization Designers Make a Living

Mar 31, 2020

Interviewing RJ Andrews, Alli Torban, Matt Baker, and Ann K. Emery on how they started—and made—their careers in data visualization.

How I Quit My Full-Time Job to Pursue a Freelance Career As a Data Visualization Designer

Dec 9, 2019

It’s been four months since I quit my full-time job to pursue a career in data visualization (data viz) design. I thought I’d talk about what I’ve learned thus far so that others might learn something from my journey.