It’s time to change how we think about accessibility. For just about half of my career I worked at company called Westat on a variety of different federal contracts. And when you work on federal contracts you quickly learn that every report destined to be shared publicly needs to be “508 compliant.“ At a certain […]
Your Report is a Website
It’s time to stop designing reports for that one person who one time printed and then, subsequently, read your report. For the vast majority of people, your report is a website. It is read using a digital device, connected to the internet, and served from someone else’s computer (a.k.a. a server probably owned by Amazon). […]
Alt Text in Canva
Remember how I said you couldn’t add alt text in Canva? Well, you can now! Transcript Hey, so you may already know that I am a huge fan of Canva. And I use it for all sorts of things from presentations to infographic design. And last year they came out with a web design tool. […]
What is Descript?
Have you ever heard of/used Descript? If not, you have now. It’s one part transcription too, one part easy to use video editor. What’s not to love? Links You can check out the tool for yourself at descript.com. Transcript ?Hey, so it’s Friday. So you know what that means? It’s Tool day. And today I […]
Data Dashboard FOMO
Does a data dashboard really have to support decision making to be useful? Links In the video I mention my workshop, if you’re interested, check it out here > diydatadesign.com. Transcript ?So I teach a data design virtual workshop. It’s called DIY data design. And each week we get together and have conversations. So I’ll […]
What is social object theory?
You might know a lot about social networks, but what do you know about social objects? Resources Social Objects for Beginners (Gaping Void)What are Social Objects? [I totally forgot I created this random podcast episode…] Transcript ?Hey. So I think social objects are really important. To sharing information over the web. Or really sharing information […]
What is Datawrapper?
Friday is tool day! Datawrapper is one of my all time favorite data design tools, watch the video to learn why. Transcript Hello. So this week, I thought we try something new on Fridays. I was thinking, maybe we talk about tools like different pieces of software. That could be helpful to you. If you […]
Stop it with the car dash thing…and other data dashboard tips.
In today’s vlog I walk through 5 of my favorite quantitative data dashboard design tips. Transcript Okay. So last week I fielded a question about data dashboards. And in that particular video, I talked about why they failed and why you might want to consider using a website instead of a regular kind of dashboard. […]
Your 3 Report Audiences (Ep. 6)
You know the audience is important, but how do you actually design a report for one? My suggestion, design your report for 3 audiences. Want to buy my book? You can get it here. Transcript Okay. So today I’m wanting to talk a little bit about your reporting audiences. Now, this is something. If you’ve […]
Data to Action Strategy (Ep, 5)
In this video I’ll walk you through the 4 things you need to consider when developing your own data to action strategy. Transcript ?All right. So today let’s talk about the few different things that you need to think about. If you’re going to develop a data to action strategy. We have data. And we […]
Why do so many data dashboards fail?
In this vlog I talk about what I think is the biggest reason why many data dashboards fail. Transcript ?Thank you. So last week I asked the people who follow my newsletter. If they have any topic requests. And I had this nice little email I got from Dr. Maria-Theresa Okafor, she says happy Wednesday […]
Touching the Brain & Experience Design
What does touching the brain have to do with user experience design? Transcript ?So, what does touching the brain have to do with experience design? All right. So a few years ago. I had the privilege of being able to deliver a keynote speech for the visitor studies association. These are like evaluators who work […]