Naomi B Robbins

📊🌳 Are you curious about creative coding, visualizing networks, or lessons from 10+ years in building personal projects? Join #dataviz enthusiasts in NYC for @bengarvey's meetup on #d3js for family trees, at @datadoghq ! RSVP: meetup.com/datavisualizat…

The newly launched Cyber NYC Internship Program from @NYCEDC seeks partner companies in NYC to host cybersecurity interns this summer. Visit bit.ly/CyberNYCPartner or contact @rich1 for more information.

Nice cover indeed

You can buy a PDF download of Creating More Effective Graphs bit.ly/NBRbook The paper copies are out-of-print. Patience please. Load time slow.

Junk mail provides a major source of my examples of bad graphs. This one shows the need for proofreading.

Major crime is up in NYC, but this graph from the Mayor's budget presentation makes a 7.5% increase seem like a ~200% increase

@AmeliaMN He was supposed to speak at the NYC #dataviz meetup tomorrow; instead there will be an impromtu memorial/tribute. Everyone is welcome: meetup.com/DataVisualizat…

Memorial tribute for Leland Wilkinson Tuesday Dec. 14 6pm Eastern Meetup.com/DataVisualizat…

@revodavid My thoughts are with you.

He is gone. The love of my life, my rock, my partner, and my husband of 17 years lost his battle with cancer today. I will miss you forever, Jay

Tonight 5:30 Shaaron Ainsworth: Why Should We Learn to Draw bit.ly/3brJTqe

When you tell an 'omics lab to dress up for Halloween.. @doctorcorces

I'm going! Are you? Data Citizens: A Distinguished Lecture Series presents Santiago Ortiz events.miami.edu/event/data-cit… #humans data via @localist

Worth watching: @MichOConnell, Chief Analytics Officer at TIBCO Software, presents a chart inspired by @HansRosling of cases/vaccinations over time. bit.ly/3zkmUaF via @nbrgraphs

BREAKING AGAIN: @Harvard_Press is sponsoring 1 more giveaway of my book, A HISTORY OF DATA VISUALIZATION & GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?is… Follow me and retweet this for a chance to win one of 4⃣ copies. Offer ends July 28; winners drawn from RTing followers

This is absolutely the best article I have seen about the hazards & issues of being an #Ebike #Deliverista. Well Done @StreetsblogNYC & @rich1 nyc.streetsblog.org/author/richard…

Friend of Streetsblog @rich1 learned a lot about the terrible delivery industry when he signed up to deliver for DoorDash. Here’s his just-read story: nyc.streetsblog.org/2021/06/24/opi… via @StreetsblogNYC

@AllenDowney I didn't notice that it says the source right on the figure: WeatherBell Analytics

@nbrgraphs I saw it in this WaPo article, but I don't know the source. washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/0…

Without looking at the color bar, can you tell which colors are hotter than others? Now look at the color bar... does it help?

@kevinpurcell @AllenDowney A rainbow scale is inappropriate for these data. So is this scale. A sequential scale is needed.

@AllenDowney The purpose of the “odd” scale is to emphasize detail in small differences across the whole range so you can see local detail (in what I take to be cloud top temps—it’s used there). If you used a rainbow scale you wouldn’t see small differences. The right one depends on usage.

@statisticiana @eagereyes @DataRevelations .I guess I haven't been following twitter. I completely missed this thread. The area under a histogram must sum to 100% so what you call the histogram encoding height is not a histogram at all.

@eagereyes @DataRevelations @nbrgraphs Part 2 of 3…

Can we talk about histograms for a minute? When I studied statistics, histograms represented data using area. This seems to be forgotten and definitions usually only say height now. Any theories why?