Andy Kirk
@visualisingdata.com
An Independent Data Visualisation Expert educating, inspiring, and celebrating data viz excellence, everywhere since 2010.
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Andy Kirk
@visualisingdata.com
· Sep 30
New Course: ‘Fundamentals of Data Visualisation’ (London, November 2026) - Data Viz Excellence, Everywhere
I'm happy to announce details of a new public training course, the one-day classroom-based 'Fundamentals of Data Visualisation' will take place in London, on Tuesday 24 November 2026. This is an essen...
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Whether you're new to data viz or seeking to make a leap forward in your craft, the value of training is huge.
Come join my next public training event, the 1-day 'Fundamentals of Data Visualisation' taking place at Flourish HQ in London on Tuesday 24 November.
visualisingdata.com/2026/09/new-...
Come join my next public training event, the 1-day 'Fundamentals of Data Visualisation' taking place at Flourish HQ in London on Tuesday 24 November.
visualisingdata.com/2026/09/new-...
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If you're staying up for election night there's only one place to be (besides bluesky) and that's my long-in-the-tooth side project VidGrid. Every channel in one beautiful chaotic mess. vidgrid.tk.gg?layout=N4IgN...
November 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
If you're staying up for election night there's only one place to be (besides bluesky) and that's my long-in-the-tooth side project VidGrid. Every channel in one beautiful chaotic mess. vidgrid.tk.gg?layout=N4IgN...
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Thank you so much @visualisingdata.com for a book shout out in your newsletter! Absent Data is currently available for pre-order and heavily discounted on Amazon US, so American friends get it now and GO TO VOTE 🗳️ 🇺🇸
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#dataviz
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#dataviz
November 3, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Thank you so much @visualisingdata.com for a book shout out in your newsletter! Absent Data is currently available for pre-order and heavily discounted on Amazon US, so American friends get it now and GO TO VOTE 🗳️ 🇺🇸
🔗 a.co/d/0bjnCxTR
#dataviz
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#dataviz
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Proud to see our Hajj in Data project featured in Andy’s newsletter.
atlas.balady.gov.sa/en/hajj-and-...
atlas.balady.gov.sa/en/hajj-and-...
My belated latest Newsletter is out now but posted directly on my own website, no longer sent out on and within email (subscribers will get notifications of each new issue being posted).
Some stunning work to share, as always: browse the latest great stuff here:
visualisingdata.com/2026/11/the-...
Some stunning work to share, as always: browse the latest great stuff here:
visualisingdata.com/2026/11/the-...
The Visualising Data Newsletter - Issue #27, October 2026 - Data Viz Excellence, Everywhere
Welcome to the latest issue of the Visualising Data Newsletter, chronicling the most insightful and delightful data viz content. Each month I collect, curate, and publish a collection of the best, mos...
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November 3, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Proud to see our Hajj in Data project featured in Andy’s newsletter.
atlas.balady.gov.sa/en/hajj-and-...
atlas.balady.gov.sa/en/hajj-and-...
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Visualising Climate 2026 begins tomorrow in Bologna!
The first global conference fully dedicated to climate data visualization all began with a skeet!
Read More: idsc.miami.edu/magazine/fal...
@albertocairo.com @visualisingclimate.com
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Sneak peek photos . . .
The first global conference fully dedicated to climate data visualization all began with a skeet!
Read More: idsc.miami.edu/magazine/fal...
@albertocairo.com @visualisingclimate.com
visualisingclimate.org
Sneak peek photos . . .
November 3, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Visualising Climate 2026 begins tomorrow in Bologna!
The first global conference fully dedicated to climate data visualization all began with a skeet!
Read More: idsc.miami.edu/magazine/fal...
@albertocairo.com @visualisingclimate.com
visualisingclimate.org
Sneak peek photos . . .
The first global conference fully dedicated to climate data visualization all began with a skeet!
Read More: idsc.miami.edu/magazine/fal...
@albertocairo.com @visualisingclimate.com
visualisingclimate.org
Sneak peek photos . . .
My belated latest Newsletter is out now but posted directly on my own website, no longer sent out on and within email (subscribers will get notifications of each new issue being posted).
Some stunning work to share, as always: browse the latest great stuff here:
visualisingdata.com/2026/11/the-...
Some stunning work to share, as always: browse the latest great stuff here:
visualisingdata.com/2026/11/the-...
The Visualising Data Newsletter - Issue #27, October 2026 - Data Viz Excellence, Everywhere
Welcome to the latest issue of the Visualising Data Newsletter, chronicling the most insightful and delightful data viz content. Each month I collect, curate, and publish a collection of the best, mos...
visualisingdata.com
November 3, 2026 at 11:56 AM
My belated latest Newsletter is out now but posted directly on my own website, no longer sent out on and within email (subscribers will get notifications of each new issue being posted).
Some stunning work to share, as always: browse the latest great stuff here:
visualisingdata.com/2026/11/the-...
Some stunning work to share, as always: browse the latest great stuff here:
visualisingdata.com/2026/11/the-...
After some technical challenges delayed posting on Friday, my October newsletter will be belatedly issued tomorrow.
*New* The newsletter's contents will no longer be published within the email, they will be published as posts on my website with emails used to alert subscribers of each new posting.
*New* The newsletter's contents will no longer be published within the email, they will be published as posts on my website with emails used to alert subscribers of each new posting.
November 2, 2026 at 11:13 AM
After some technical challenges delayed posting on Friday, my October newsletter will be belatedly issued tomorrow.
*New* The newsletter's contents will no longer be published within the email, they will be published as posts on my website with emails used to alert subscribers of each new posting.
*New* The newsletter's contents will no longer be published within the email, they will be published as posts on my website with emails used to alert subscribers of each new posting.
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I put together a searchable visualization of the entire #ieeevis program as a tool for next week's conference in Boston. #infovis
Each little block is a paper or poster; each session is in a grey rectangle. Monday - Friday, left to right.
Blog entry: danyelfisher.info/blog/2026/ie...
Each little block is a paper or poster; each session is in a grey rectangle. Monday - Friday, left to right.
Blog entry: danyelfisher.info/blog/2026/ie...
November 1, 2026 at 6:37 PM
I put together a searchable visualization of the entire #ieeevis program as a tool for next week's conference in Boston. #infovis
Each little block is a paper or poster; each session is in a grey rectangle. Monday - Friday, left to right.
Blog entry: danyelfisher.info/blog/2026/ie...
Each little block is a paper or poster; each session is in a grey rectangle. Monday - Friday, left to right.
Blog entry: danyelfisher.info/blog/2026/ie...
Feels rare these days to find good novel websites but here’s an excellent one should you be, like me, a bit of a wimp for horror movies
www.whenjumpscare.com
www.whenjumpscare.com
Track All Horror Movie Jumpscare Timestamps | WhenJumpScare
Horror movie jumpscare time codes, scary scenes, and warning subtitles so you can prepare or skip.
www.whenjumpscare.com
October 31, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Feels rare these days to find good novel websites but here’s an excellent one should you be, like me, a bit of a wimp for horror movies
www.whenjumpscare.com
www.whenjumpscare.com
Is there an established name given to those tell-tale action/emphasis/flourish marks genAI seems to love adding to decorate words?
October 30, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Is there an established name given to those tell-tale action/emphasis/flourish marks genAI seems to love adding to decorate words?
Lots of focus on Google/search being broken and killing the reach of websites, but there's also been a noticeable recent choking of reach on LinkedIn.
Despite a follower base of 8576, this post I made earlier today has had 15 impressions in 2 hours.
What's the point?
Despite a follower base of 8576, this post I made earlier today has had 15 impressions in 2 hours.
What's the point?
October 30, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Lots of focus on Google/search being broken and killing the reach of websites, but there's also been a noticeable recent choking of reach on LinkedIn.
Despite a follower base of 8576, this post I made earlier today has had 15 impressions in 2 hours.
What's the point?
Despite a follower base of 8576, this post I made earlier today has had 15 impressions in 2 hours.
What's the point?
There are loads of significant elections happening right now and so with that comes the media coverage of polling, analysis, and results-visualisation work. I learned loads about the contextual, analytical and practical challenges behind such work with two conversations for my Explore Explain series
October 30, 2026 at 11:41 AM
There are loads of significant elections happening right now and so with that comes the media coverage of polling, analysis, and results-visualisation work. I learned loads about the contextual, analytical and practical challenges behind such work with two conversations for my Explore Explain series
With November arriving very soon you might be hearing a lot about the #30DayMapChallenge in which case you could (some might say should!) learn more about it and get some inspiration from my conversation from 2025 with @ansgarw.bsky.social and @nrennie.bsky.social visualisingdata.com/2026/02/expl...
Explore Explain S6E6 - Nicola Rennie & Ansgar Wolsing - Data Viz Excellence, Everywhere
Welcome to episode 6 of season 6 of Explore Explain, a long-form video and podcast series all about data visualisation design. I am delighted to welcome Nicola Rennie, Data Visualisation Specialist ba...
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October 28, 2026 at 11:00 AM
With November arriving very soon you might be hearing a lot about the #30DayMapChallenge in which case you could (some might say should!) learn more about it and get some inspiration from my conversation from 2025 with @ansgarw.bsky.social and @nrennie.bsky.social visualisingdata.com/2026/02/expl...
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Newsletter out today, and… it’s a long one! You can sign up for free at the link below, you’ll also get access to a free #dataviz resource:
tizianaalocci.substack.com/welcome
tizianaalocci.substack.com/welcome
October 22, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Newsletter out today, and… it’s a long one! You can sign up for free at the link below, you’ll also get access to a free #dataviz resource:
tizianaalocci.substack.com/welcome
tizianaalocci.substack.com/welcome
Now that’s a job opening
Mayor Mamdani's got a hankering for great data design! Got a knack for data visualization and live in NYC? This job could be for you. Looks awesome (though it's temporary, though April next year.) cityjobs.nyc.gov/job/data-vis...
Data Visualization Designer
cityjobs.nyc.gov
October 27, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Now that’s a job opening
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Join this unique online training by dataviz experts
@visualisingdata.com, Valentina D'Efilippo & Stefanie Posavec
Explore every stage of the data visualisation process; from audience and storytelling to design and experimentation
Nov 17, 19, 24 & 26
Registration www.eventbrite.nl/e/online-tra...
@visualisingdata.com, Valentina D'Efilippo & Stefanie Posavec
Explore every stage of the data visualisation process; from audience and storytelling to design and experimentation
Nov 17, 19, 24 & 26
Registration www.eventbrite.nl/e/online-tra...
October 27, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Join this unique online training by dataviz experts
@visualisingdata.com, Valentina D'Efilippo & Stefanie Posavec
Explore every stage of the data visualisation process; from audience and storytelling to design and experimentation
Nov 17, 19, 24 & 26
Registration www.eventbrite.nl/e/online-tra...
@visualisingdata.com, Valentina D'Efilippo & Stefanie Posavec
Explore every stage of the data visualisation process; from audience and storytelling to design and experimentation
Nov 17, 19, 24 & 26
Registration www.eventbrite.nl/e/online-tra...
Doing anything related to Microsoft admin involves the most screamingly-awful online user experience I can ever recall. Its basically the Backrooms of the web
October 23, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Doing anything related to Microsoft admin involves the most screamingly-awful online user experience I can ever recall. Its basically the Backrooms of the web
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Hiring! PhD position in Mobility Visualization at our Human Data Interaction Lab at TH Mannheim. If your background is in InfoVis, HCI, or interaction design, and you enjoy building things and studying how people use them, we'd be happy to hear from you.
karriere.hs-mannheim.de/jobposting/a...
karriere.hs-mannheim.de/jobposting/a...
October 22, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Hiring! PhD position in Mobility Visualization at our Human Data Interaction Lab at TH Mannheim. If your background is in InfoVis, HCI, or interaction design, and you enjoy building things and studying how people use them, we'd be happy to hear from you.
karriere.hs-mannheim.de/jobposting/a...
karriere.hs-mannheim.de/jobposting/a...
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the idea phase is the easiest and least valuable part of professional creativity.
read the first draft of the first Star Wars if you doubt me
Great art is made in the grinding, often miserable collision between the ethereal substance of an idea and the mud and blood and friction of reality
read the first draft of the first Star Wars if you doubt me
Great art is made in the grinding, often miserable collision between the ethereal substance of an idea and the mud and blood and friction of reality
"I only use chatgpt in the ideas phase" haha that's so weird. I just have them
October 22, 2026 at 12:47 AM
the idea phase is the easiest and least valuable part of professional creativity.
read the first draft of the first Star Wars if you doubt me
Great art is made in the grinding, often miserable collision between the ethereal substance of an idea and the mud and blood and friction of reality
read the first draft of the first Star Wars if you doubt me
Great art is made in the grinding, often miserable collision between the ethereal substance of an idea and the mud and blood and friction of reality
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If I wasn’t otherwise busy I would register for this in an instant
In about a month from today, Jen Christiansen, Alberto Lucas López & Adrien Segal will be part of the next edition of BEAUTIFUL DATA.
They will explore data, design & the art of communicating science.
More information and registration:
lnkd.in/ePeXFFsJ
They will explore data, design & the art of communicating science.
More information and registration:
lnkd.in/ePeXFFsJ
October 19, 2026 at 12:32 PM
If I wasn’t otherwise busy I would register for this in an instant
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In about a month from today, Jen Christiansen, Alberto Lucas López & Adrien Segal will be part of the next edition of BEAUTIFUL DATA.
They will explore data, design & the art of communicating science.
More information and registration:
lnkd.in/ePeXFFsJ
They will explore data, design & the art of communicating science.
More information and registration:
lnkd.in/ePeXFFsJ
October 19, 2026 at 10:40 AM
In about a month from today, Jen Christiansen, Alberto Lucas López & Adrien Segal will be part of the next edition of BEAUTIFUL DATA.
They will explore data, design & the art of communicating science.
More information and registration:
lnkd.in/ePeXFFsJ
They will explore data, design & the art of communicating science.
More information and registration:
lnkd.in/ePeXFFsJ
I voted for Nadieh and you should too!
Please help "Searching for Birds" win Best Dataviz in the Lovie Awards! 🙏🙇♀️🙏 It has dropped to 2nd place with 48% 😱😱 but there is 1 day to place your vote: vote.lovieawards.com/PublicVoting...
Thank you so much if you do (or have already done) ♥️
Thank you so much if you do (or have already done) ♥️
October 16, 2026 at 10:30 AM
I voted for Nadieh and you should too!