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. […]
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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. […]