Some of the best examples of data visualization today can be found in journalism. In recent years, many, if not most, global news networks have embraced empirical storytelling and have made significant investments in both the people and technology needed to tell compelling visual stories powered by data. 

Last week I gave a short talk at AMES 2016. I’ve had a few requests to share the full presentation deck, but I’ve realized that some of the slides may not make a ton of sense without the talking points. So here’s a full run down of the presentation and what I covered.

I'll be giving a talk at the Asian Marketing Effectiveness & Strategy (AMES) 2016 conference next week and I wanted to share a teaser of the presentation I'll be giving. My session is titled The Human Side of Analytics and will explore the role people, communication and storytelling within the big data and analytics industry. 

We rely on data analytics software and tools to answer key business questions. But sometimes, those tools can lie. In this post I like at examples of how some reports in Google Analytics can be misleading.

If you liked my last article on data visualization sins check out my latest guest post on Outbrain. In this article I specifically focus on data visualization for infographics. Below is a snippet, but follow the link to Outbain for more juicy examples and tips for designing better data driven infographics.

Last Friday I had the chance to give a short talk on data visualization at an event co-hosted by General Assembly and Keboola. Despite a wicked storm (thanks to Singapore's late blooming rainy season) and a late night Friday event we had a great turnout, and with a really fun crowd I might add. Some great questions and discussion all around.

From the deceptive to the confusing to the downright ugly graphics created in the name of statistics, sometimes it’s the lessons you learn from failure that are the most impactful. In this post, I look at some examples of bad dataviz, and how to fix them.

So Star Wars: The Force Awakens opened last week and so far its smashing box office records left and right. It quickly snapped up the record for biggest domestic and global opening day, weekend and week, and is on track to be the highest grossing film of all time. But out of the 7 installments to the Star Wars franchise, just how successful is TFS? Let’s break it down.

In this article, I look at the online polling industry, what “scientific polling” actually means, and how you can distinguish good versus poor quality online surveys.