Feeling overwhelmed by the vast selection of data visualization tools? Learn about the 4 main types of tools and when to use them.

In this post, I share tips on how to animate charts in PowerPoint as a means to help you give compelling data-driven presentations to a live audience, be it a lecture hall or a boardroom.

Data visualization is very much an art form, and one that requires the artist to make good design choices based on what kind of data they have, how it’s structured, and what they’re trying to say.

I'm a total sucker for geographical data viz and lately I've found myself losing countless hours exploring CartoDB's growing community gallery of maps. Seriously, if you need some visual inspiration today head on over to their site and marvel at the beautiful intersection of geography, data and creativity.

As someone who works in the private sector, or more specifically, in marketing, I’ve seen data applied in some pretty manipulative ways to make a point or validate an untested hypothesis. if you're working in the field of marketing analytics and you care about being truthful you'll always struggle to find the right balance between time, cost and rigour. But not everyone understands the importance of rigour when it comes to truthful interpretation of data, and worse, some don’t care.