"Data Visualization Community" - Highlights

In Episode #33 - Data Visualization Community of Data Visualization, Data Storytelling, and Information Design - Lesson and Listen Series, Bill Shander highlights the importance of community in learning data visualization, acknowledging that while they didn't have formal training, they learned from the broader data visualization community.

- Bill recommends various resources for data visualization, including:

  1. Naked Statistics by Charles Wheelan, 2014, 304 pages
  2. Factfulness by Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling, and Ola Rosling, 2018, 352 pages
  3. Now You See It by Stephen Few, 2021, 301 pages
  4. The Functional Art by Alberto Cairo, 2012, 384 pages
  5. Storytelling with Data by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, 2015, 288 pages
  6. Information Visualization: Perception for Design by Colin Ware, 2020, 560 pages
  7. Good Charts: The HBR Guide to Making Smarter, More Persuasive Data Visualizations by Scott Berinato, 2016, 256 pages
  8. Dear Data by Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec, 2016, 288 pages
  9. The Visual Miscellaneum by David McCandless, 2009, 256 pages
  10. The Big Book of Dashboards by Steve Wexler, Jeffrey Shaffer, and Andy Cotgreave, 2017, 448 pages
  11. The Best American Infographics Series by Gareth Cook, 2016, 166 pages
  12. The Minard System, and History of Information Graphics by Sandra Rendgen, 2018, 173 pages 
  13. The Book of Circles by Manuel Lima, 2017, 272 pages
  14. Am I Overthinking This? by Michelle Rial, 2019, 136 pages

  • Podcasts: "Data Stories," "Data Viz Today," "Chart Chat," and "Explore Explain."
  • Online Platforms: LinkedIn, Twitter (hashtags like #datafam), Stack Overflow, Observable, and GitHub are valuable for finding examples and learning from others.

- In the interview section of the episode, Amanda Makulec, the Executive Director of DVS, highlights the society's role in connecting data visualization professionals and elevating the discipline through initiatives like conferences, publications, and awards.

- The Data Visualization Society (DVS) is a community for anyone doing data visualization work, offering free membership and additional benefits for paid members.

- The Data Visualization Society hosts regular events, such as the Information is Beautiful Awards, to celebrate and showcase exceptional data visualization work.

- There are numerous books, podcasts, and online resources available for learning data visualization, including the Data Visualization Society's own magazine, Nightingale.

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