Neil Richards
@questionsindataviz.com
Dataviz blogger, author, Hall of Fame Tableau Visionary. Was @theneilrichards on here and the other place.
Currently freelancing at neilrichardsdata.com (dataviz / fluency / storytelling)
questionsindataviz.com
https://routledge.com/9781032139449
Currently freelancing at neilrichardsdata.com (dataviz / fluency / storytelling)
questionsindataviz.com
https://routledge.com/9781032139449
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Neil Richards
@questionsindataviz.com
· Nov 21
Questions in Dataviz: A Design-Driven Process for Data Visualisation
This book takes the reader through the process of learning and creating data visualisation, following a unique journey with questions every step of the way, ultimately discussing how and when to bend ...
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Welcome so many new X-odus followers! I'm a #dataviz guy who loves nothing more than creative, rule-breaking dataviz. My tool of choice is Tableau but my book is tool-agnostic.
Did someone say book? It's 25% off on a Black Friday deal - free postage worldwide. 📊
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Did someone say book? It's 25% off on a Black Friday deal - free postage worldwide. 📊
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Check out a new creative dataviz workshop with me and the super talented Sophie Sparkes!
📅 Tuesday 3 November 2026
🍽️ Lunch included
🎟️ Early bird £295 until 27 September (or until sold out), then £395
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📅 Tuesday 3 November 2026
🍽️ Lunch included
🎟️ Early bird £295 until 27 September (or until sold out), then £395
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From Questions to Creation — Creative Data Visualisation Workshop London
A 1-day hands-on creative data visualisation workshop in London with Neil Richards and Sophie Sparkes. Inspiration in the morning. Making in the afternoon.
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September 11, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Check out a new creative dataviz workshop with me and the super talented Sophie Sparkes!
📅 Tuesday 3 November 2026
🍽️ Lunch included
🎟️ Early bird £295 until 27 September (or until sold out), then £395
sparkescreative.kit.com/from-questio...
📅 Tuesday 3 November 2026
🍽️ Lunch included
🎟️ Early bird £295 until 27 September (or until sold out), then £395
sparkescreative.kit.com/from-questio...
⚽ Congratulations Brazil, Paraguay, Morocco! ⚽
We now have discount codes for your countries at The Insights Collective - use 🇧🇷BRA20, 🇵🇾PRY20 or 🇲🇦MAR20 today for 20% off for your first year
Join us at vizdj.thrivecart.com/tic-li/ - loads more information and testimonials on the sign up link
We now have discount codes for your countries at The Insights Collective - use 🇧🇷BRA20, 🇵🇾PRY20 or 🇲🇦MAR20 today for 20% off for your first year
Join us at vizdj.thrivecart.com/tic-li/ - loads more information and testimonials on the sign up link
June 30, 2026 at 12:51 PM
⚽ Congratulations Brazil, Paraguay, Morocco! ⚽
We now have discount codes for your countries at The Insights Collective - use 🇧🇷BRA20, 🇵🇾PRY20 or 🇲🇦MAR20 today for 20% off for your first year
Join us at vizdj.thrivecart.com/tic-li/ - loads more information and testimonials on the sign up link
We now have discount codes for your countries at The Insights Collective - use 🇧🇷BRA20, 🇵🇾PRY20 or 🇲🇦MAR20 today for 20% off for your first year
Join us at vizdj.thrivecart.com/tic-li/ - loads more information and testimonials on the sign up link
Our World Cup Sale is on!
Now to the end of the tournament, if your country wins in the knockout stages, there's a code for you to get 20% off the first year.
Welcome Canada! 🇨🇦
All in Canada, use CAN20 for 20% off. Know anyone who may be interested, now's the chance, you're Tor-onto a good thing!
Now to the end of the tournament, if your country wins in the knockout stages, there's a code for you to get 20% off the first year.
Welcome Canada! 🇨🇦
All in Canada, use CAN20 for 20% off. Know anyone who may be interested, now's the chance, you're Tor-onto a good thing!
Starting tomorrow (Wednesday 10th) - our collaboration to help you with all things Tableau and AI, alongside a community of fellow learners on the same journey.
Not too late to join for the very first session, at super discount founder member rates 👇
vizdj.thrivecart.com/tic-li/
Not too late to join for the very first session, at super discount founder member rates 👇
vizdj.thrivecart.com/tic-li/
June 29, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Our World Cup Sale is on!
Now to the end of the tournament, if your country wins in the knockout stages, there's a code for you to get 20% off the first year.
Welcome Canada! 🇨🇦
All in Canada, use CAN20 for 20% off. Know anyone who may be interested, now's the chance, you're Tor-onto a good thing!
Now to the end of the tournament, if your country wins in the knockout stages, there's a code for you to get 20% off the first year.
Welcome Canada! 🇨🇦
All in Canada, use CAN20 for 20% off. Know anyone who may be interested, now's the chance, you're Tor-onto a good thing!
Thanks for featuring questionsindataviz.com!
June 21, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Thanks for featuring questionsindataviz.com!
View during the 2 day in person Data Visualisation & Storytelling course I delivered in Mallorca at the weekend.
I can deliver the same great course for you/your team, on a sunny island, in the UK rain or online - passion and knowledge for dataviz is the same the world over!
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I can deliver the same great course for you/your team, on a sunny island, in the UK rain or online - passion and knowledge for dataviz is the same the world over!
neilrichardsdata.com
June 16, 2026 at 9:58 AM
View during the 2 day in person Data Visualisation & Storytelling course I delivered in Mallorca at the weekend.
I can deliver the same great course for you/your team, on a sunny island, in the UK rain or online - passion and knowledge for dataviz is the same the world over!
neilrichardsdata.com
I can deliver the same great course for you/your team, on a sunny island, in the UK rain or online - passion and knowledge for dataviz is the same the world over!
neilrichardsdata.com
Starting tomorrow (Wednesday 10th) - our collaboration to help you with all things Tableau and AI, alongside a community of fellow learners on the same journey.
Not too late to join for the very first session, at super discount founder member rates 👇
vizdj.thrivecart.com/tic-li/
Not too late to join for the very first session, at super discount founder member rates 👇
vizdj.thrivecart.com/tic-li/
June 9, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Starting tomorrow (Wednesday 10th) - our collaboration to help you with all things Tableau and AI, alongside a community of fellow learners on the same journey.
Not too late to join for the very first session, at super discount founder member rates 👇
vizdj.thrivecart.com/tic-li/
Not too late to join for the very first session, at super discount founder member rates 👇
vizdj.thrivecart.com/tic-li/
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🟡🟠🔴 Just stumbled upon a great gradient/color palette generator by @obumbratta.com: obumbratta.com/colour
It's inspired by Gregor Aisch's Color Palette Helper (gka.github.io/palettes/#/9...) and brings it to the next level with a color plot, contrast ratios, and different color spaces. 📊
It's inspired by Gregor Aisch's Color Palette Helper (gka.github.io/palettes/#/9...) and brings it to the next level with a color plot, contrast ratios, and different color spaces. 📊
June 4, 2026 at 1:21 PM
🟡🟠🔴 Just stumbled upon a great gradient/color palette generator by @obumbratta.com: obumbratta.com/colour
It's inspired by Gregor Aisch's Color Palette Helper (gka.github.io/palettes/#/9...) and brings it to the next level with a color plot, contrast ratios, and different color spaces. 📊
It's inspired by Gregor Aisch's Color Palette Helper (gka.github.io/palettes/#/9...) and brings it to the next level with a color plot, contrast ratios, and different color spaces. 📊
Reposted by Neil Richards
Announcing my collaboration with @vizdj.bsky.social - The Insights Collective
Steve and I are investigating all things Tableau & AI, bringing learnings to our community via years of training experience. Join us as a founder member at heavily discounted rates
Much more: vizdj.thrivecart.com/tic-li/
Steve and I are investigating all things Tableau & AI, bringing learnings to our community via years of training experience. Join us as a founder member at heavily discounted rates
Much more: vizdj.thrivecart.com/tic-li/
The Insights Collective - Join as a Founding Member
Stay ahead of Tableau and AI without spending hundreds of hours doing it alone. $365/year founding rate - 100 spots only.
vizdj.thrivecart.com
May 29, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Announcing my collaboration with @vizdj.bsky.social - The Insights Collective
Steve and I are investigating all things Tableau & AI, bringing learnings to our community via years of training experience. Join us as a founder member at heavily discounted rates
Much more: vizdj.thrivecart.com/tic-li/
Steve and I are investigating all things Tableau & AI, bringing learnings to our community via years of training experience. Join us as a founder member at heavily discounted rates
Much more: vizdj.thrivecart.com/tic-li/
@mrjamesob.bsky.social - you worry you are turning into Victor Meldrew. That's because (like me, a fellow 1972 person) you have passed your Meldrew Point! You are older than Richard Wilson was when he started playing Victor Meldrew.
Check this visualisation ...
Check this visualisation ...
June 1, 2026 at 11:43 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social - you worry you are turning into Victor Meldrew. That's because (like me, a fellow 1972 person) you have passed your Meldrew Point! You are older than Richard Wilson was when he started playing Victor Meldrew.
Check this visualisation ...
Check this visualisation ...
Announcing my collaboration with @vizdj.bsky.social - The Insights Collective
Steve and I are investigating all things Tableau & AI, bringing learnings to our community via years of training experience. Join us as a founder member at heavily discounted rates
Much more: vizdj.thrivecart.com/tic-li/
Steve and I are investigating all things Tableau & AI, bringing learnings to our community via years of training experience. Join us as a founder member at heavily discounted rates
Much more: vizdj.thrivecart.com/tic-li/
The Insights Collective - Join as a Founding Member
Stay ahead of Tableau and AI without spending hundreds of hours doing it alone. $365/year founding rate - 100 spots only.
vizdj.thrivecart.com
May 29, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Announcing my collaboration with @vizdj.bsky.social - The Insights Collective
Steve and I are investigating all things Tableau & AI, bringing learnings to our community via years of training experience. Join us as a founder member at heavily discounted rates
Much more: vizdj.thrivecart.com/tic-li/
Steve and I are investigating all things Tableau & AI, bringing learnings to our community via years of training experience. Join us as a founder member at heavily discounted rates
Much more: vizdj.thrivecart.com/tic-li/
Reposted by Neil Richards
Oxford, the longest running continuous weather station in UK history, with temperature observations stretching back to 1815, has preliminarily broken its maximum temperature record for May yesterday by OVER 3ºC with a temperature of 33.7ºC. Unprecedented in its 211-year history.
May 27, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Oxford, the longest running continuous weather station in UK history, with temperature observations stretching back to 1815, has preliminarily broken its maximum temperature record for May yesterday by OVER 3ºC with a temperature of 33.7ºC. Unprecedented in its 211-year history.
Hi to all followers and bluesky folks - it's been a long six months since I posted. It's hard to condense into 200ish characters, so I'll just say that redundancy and cancer hit one after the other.
But we fight on - slowly venturing into the freelance space while prioritising health and recovery!
But we fight on - slowly venturing into the freelance space while prioritising health and recovery!
May 28, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Hi to all followers and bluesky folks - it's been a long six months since I posted. It's hard to condense into 200ish characters, so I'll just say that redundancy and cancer hit one after the other.
But we fight on - slowly venturing into the freelance space while prioritising health and recovery!
But we fight on - slowly venturing into the freelance space while prioritising health and recovery!
And there’s me worried about learning to crochet a granny square for grannylifecrochet.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
And there’s me worried about learning to crochet a granny square for grannylifecrochet.com
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Still time to join the Granny Life community math/art project at www.grannylifecrochet.com !
My job is assembly, so today I am learning about braided fishing wire and how to tie fishing nets. Hoping to incorporate a strong net grid into the project. It's going to weigh about 15-20 pounds!
My job is assembly, so today I am learning about braided fishing wire and how to tie fishing nets. Hoping to incorporate a strong net grid into the project. It's going to weigh about 15-20 pounds!
Granny Life Community Build Project
Granny Life
www.grannylifecrochet.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Still time to join the Granny Life community math/art project at www.grannylifecrochet.com !
My job is assembly, so today I am learning about braided fishing wire and how to tie fishing nets. Hoping to incorporate a strong net grid into the project. It's going to weigh about 15-20 pounds!
My job is assembly, so today I am learning about braided fishing wire and how to tie fishing nets. Hoping to incorporate a strong net grid into the project. It's going to weigh about 15-20 pounds!
NEW: Questions in Dataviz: Is it time to embrace Granny Life?
Created by @mathgrrl.com - a geometrical mathematically-generated 10x10 grid physical dataviz, to be displayed in a mathematical art exhibition in Paris next year. Still time for all to take part!
questionsindataviz.com/2025/11/11/i...
Created by @mathgrrl.com - a geometrical mathematically-generated 10x10 grid physical dataviz, to be displayed in a mathematical art exhibition in Paris next year. Still time for all to take part!
questionsindataviz.com/2025/11/11/i...
Is it time to embrace Granny Life?
Yes – It’s time for me to embrace the Granny Life. Not a sentence I was expecting to write any time soon. And also nothing to do with the recent realisation that my personal Meldrew Poi…
questionsindataviz.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
NEW: Questions in Dataviz: Is it time to embrace Granny Life?
Created by @mathgrrl.com - a geometrical mathematically-generated 10x10 grid physical dataviz, to be displayed in a mathematical art exhibition in Paris next year. Still time for all to take part!
questionsindataviz.com/2025/11/11/i...
Created by @mathgrrl.com - a geometrical mathematically-generated 10x10 grid physical dataviz, to be displayed in a mathematical art exhibition in Paris next year. Still time for all to take part!
questionsindataviz.com/2025/11/11/i...
Reposted by Neil Richards
When I have to randomly put a bunch of dots on a map, I too copy paste clusters and rotate them around to make it look like they are actually different
September 6, 2025 at 3:23 AM
When I have to randomly put a bunch of dots on a map, I too copy paste clusters and rotate them around to make it look like they are actually different
A question for my German, Spanish and French friends on here:
How to you refer to the term AI? Do people in French and Spanish refer to it as IA? And in German as KI?
Or is it a global term known as AI pretty much everywhere?
Thanks / Merci / Danke / Gracias!
How to you refer to the term AI? Do people in French and Spanish refer to it as IA? And in German as KI?
Or is it a global term known as AI pretty much everywhere?
Thanks / Merci / Danke / Gracias!
September 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
A question for my German, Spanish and French friends on here:
How to you refer to the term AI? Do people in French and Spanish refer to it as IA? And in German as KI?
Or is it a global term known as AI pretty much everywhere?
Thanks / Merci / Danke / Gracias!
How to you refer to the term AI? Do people in French and Spanish refer to it as IA? And in German as KI?
Or is it a global term known as AI pretty much everywhere?
Thanks / Merci / Danke / Gracias!
What were the chances of that? - I met the guy who sold me the @datavandals.bsky.social T-shirt right here in Vienna!
Great to catch up with @jasonforrest.bsky.social as part of @csh.ac.at’s Visualising Complexity workshop - so many great people are here collaborating on fun visualisation projects
Great to catch up with @jasonforrest.bsky.social as part of @csh.ac.at’s Visualising Complexity workshop - so many great people are here collaborating on fun visualisation projects
August 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
What were the chances of that? - I met the guy who sold me the @datavandals.bsky.social T-shirt right here in Vienna!
Great to catch up with @jasonforrest.bsky.social as part of @csh.ac.at’s Visualising Complexity workshop - so many great people are here collaborating on fun visualisation projects
Great to catch up with @jasonforrest.bsky.social as part of @csh.ac.at’s Visualising Complexity workshop - so many great people are here collaborating on fun visualisation projects
Brace yourself - here’s dataviz @ryanairofficial.bsky.social style!
August 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Brace yourself - here’s dataviz @ryanairofficial.bsky.social style!
Looking forward to a week of fun complex dataviz in Vienna! 🇦🇹
August 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Looking forward to a week of fun complex dataviz in Vienna! 🇦🇹
My latest article for @datavizsociety.bsky.social’s Nightingale magazine is out now.
Check out my interview with Angelica Lo Duca, author of “Become a Great Data Storyteller” - we discuss heroes, sidekicks, minions and more, along with the inevitable growth of AI …
Check out my interview with Angelica Lo Duca, author of “Become a Great Data Storyteller” - we discuss heroes, sidekicks, minions and more, along with the inevitable growth of AI …
📊 Characters, heroes, and sidekicks aren't just for fiction writing & cinematography, but data storytelling, as well.
Read Neil Richards' (@questionsindataviz.com) interview with Angelica Lo Duca where they discuss her book "Become a Great Data Storyteller."
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Read Neil Richards' (@questionsindataviz.com) interview with Angelica Lo Duca where they discuss her book "Become a Great Data Storyteller."
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REVIEW: Become a Great Data Storyteller by Angelica Lo Duca, Nightingale
I (NR) had a great discussion with Angelica Lo Duca (ALD) where we discussed her latest book: Become a Great Data Storyteller.
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August 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
My latest article for @datavizsociety.bsky.social’s Nightingale magazine is out now.
Check out my interview with Angelica Lo Duca, author of “Become a Great Data Storyteller” - we discuss heroes, sidekicks, minions and more, along with the inevitable growth of AI …
Check out my interview with Angelica Lo Duca, author of “Become a Great Data Storyteller” - we discuss heroes, sidekicks, minions and more, along with the inevitable growth of AI …
Reposted by Neil Richards
Thanks to everyone at the Illustrating Mathematics week at ICERM who made Granny Life squares this week! Almost 20 now completed!!
Get the free pattern and motif generator at www.grannylifecrochet.com
Get the free pattern and motif generator at www.grannylifecrochet.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Thanks to everyone at the Illustrating Mathematics week at ICERM who made Granny Life squares this week! Almost 20 now completed!!
Get the free pattern and motif generator at www.grannylifecrochet.com
Get the free pattern and motif generator at www.grannylifecrochet.com
Reposted by Neil Richards
Any fellow #dataviz folk who are also Fantasy Premier League #fpl players? Challenge yourself against me, @visualisingdata.com, and dozens more
Join this mini-league, league code is rcof9h (or use link below)
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Totally free .... and starts tomorrow evening!
Join this mini-league, league code is rcof9h (or use link below)
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Totally free .... and starts tomorrow evening!
Fantasy Premier League, Official Fantasy Football Game of the Premier League
Official Fantasy Premier League 2025/26. Free to play fantasy football game, set up your fantasy football team at the Official Premier League site.
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August 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Any fellow #dataviz folk who are also Fantasy Premier League #fpl players? Challenge yourself against me, @visualisingdata.com, and dozens more
Join this mini-league, league code is rcof9h (or use link below)
fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto...
Totally free .... and starts tomorrow evening!
Join this mini-league, league code is rcof9h (or use link below)
fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto...
Totally free .... and starts tomorrow evening!
Any fellow #dataviz folk who are also Fantasy Premier League #fpl players? Challenge yourself against me, @visualisingdata.com, and dozens more
Join this mini-league, league code is rcof9h (or use link below)
fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto...
Totally free .... and starts tomorrow evening!
Join this mini-league, league code is rcof9h (or use link below)
fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto...
Totally free .... and starts tomorrow evening!
Fantasy Premier League, Official Fantasy Football Game of the Premier League
Official Fantasy Premier League 2025/26. Free to play fantasy football game, set up your fantasy football team at the Official Premier League site.
fantasy.premierleague.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Any fellow #dataviz folk who are also Fantasy Premier League #fpl players? Challenge yourself against me, @visualisingdata.com, and dozens more
Join this mini-league, league code is rcof9h (or use link below)
fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto...
Totally free .... and starts tomorrow evening!
Join this mini-league, league code is rcof9h (or use link below)
fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto...
Totally free .... and starts tomorrow evening!