Robert Kosara
@eagereyes.org
Interested in all things visual and data, like data visualization. ISOTYPE collector, synth dabbler, runner.
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That's-a-me (when I was still at Observable)! We mostly talked about my background, industry vs. academia, visualization research and how much it makes it into products, and also treemaps. Oddly, pie charts only make a very brief appearance. It was fun to record, and I think it's worth your time.
Robert Kosara is a Data Visualization Developer at Observable. He joins the show with @seanfalconer.bsky.social to talk about modern data visualization and his work at Observable.
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Modern Data Visualization with Robert Kosara - Software Engineering Daily
Data visualization is increasingly important as organizations prioritize data-driven decision-making. Tools that transform complex datasets into intuitive, interpretable visualizations are arguably ju...
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September 3, 2025 at 2:57 AM
That's-a-me (when I was still at Observable)! We mostly talked about my background, industry vs. academia, visualization research and how much it makes it into products, and also treemaps. Oddly, pie charts only make a very brief appearance. It was fun to record, and I think it's worth your time.
That's-a-me (when I was still at Observable)! We mostly talked about my background, industry vs. academia, visualization research and how much it makes it into products, and also treemaps. Oddly, pie charts only make a very brief appearance. It was fun to record, and I think it's worth your time.
Robert Kosara is a Data Visualization Developer at Observable. He joins the show with @seanfalconer.bsky.social to talk about modern data visualization and his work at Observable.
softwareengineeringdaily.com/2025/09/02/m...
softwareengineeringdaily.com/2025/09/02/m...
Modern Data Visualization with Robert Kosara - Software Engineering Daily
Data visualization is increasingly important as organizations prioritize data-driven decision-making. Tools that transform complex datasets into intuitive, interpretable visualizations are arguably ju...
softwareengineeringdaily.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:57 AM
That's-a-me (when I was still at Observable)! We mostly talked about my background, industry vs. academia, visualization research and how much it makes it into products, and also treemaps. Oddly, pie charts only make a very brief appearance. It was fun to record, and I think it's worth your time.
I just vibe-coded a little Python script that is currently deleting all my old imported tweets that I had transferred over here. It's pretty simple, just goes by post date (since I didn't post here before I stopped tweeting), and the BlueSky API and Python SDK (and Copilot…) make this super simple.
July 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I just vibe-coded a little Python script that is currently deleting all my old imported tweets that I had transferred over here. It's pretty simple, just goes by post date (since I didn't post here before I stopped tweeting), and the BlueSky API and Python SDK (and Copilot…) make this super simple.
I'm sorry to say that the MurderBot show on AppleTV was pretty meh. The books have more dry humor and good pacing, but the show is just boring. There's also a lot more world-building in the books. Since they're all inner monologue, a lot can be explained without it feeling overdone.
July 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I'm sorry to say that the MurderBot show on AppleTV was pretty meh. The books have more dry humor and good pacing, but the show is just boring. There's also a lot more world-building in the books. Since they're all inner monologue, a lot can be explained without it feeling overdone.
There's a beautiful new (in English) comic about Muybridge. It's very well done, both as a story and a comic. Highly recommended. www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
May 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
There's a beautiful new (in English) comic about Muybridge. It's very well done, both as a story and a comic. Highly recommended. www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
I thought there was a way to mark accounts here as bots, even saying who's running them. Am I imagining this?
February 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I thought there was a way to mark accounts here as bots, even saying who's running them. Am I imagining this?
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A confusion of dashboards? An overwhelm of dashboards? An ignoring of dashboards? A murder of dashboards?
Oh wait, was that a serious question?
Oh wait, was that a serious question?
Friends,
What do you call a collection of related dashboards? Tableau has the concept of a workbook that can contain multiple dashboards. You can click something in one that then displays a different dashboard.
I believe PowerBI calls these things either a workspace or a Power BI app.
What do you call a collection of related dashboards? Tableau has the concept of a workbook that can contain multiple dashboards. You can click something in one that then displays a different dashboard.
I believe PowerBI calls these things either a workspace or a Power BI app.
January 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A confusion of dashboards? An overwhelm of dashboards? An ignoring of dashboards? A murder of dashboards?
Oh wait, was that a serious question?
Oh wait, was that a serious question?
It looks like CloudFlare don't delete your pages when you delete your account. I still get traffic report emails every so often, even though I've deleted my account with them 18 months ago. There's no way for me to delete the pages now, since my account is long gone.
January 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It looks like CloudFlare don't delete your pages when you delete your account. I still get traffic report emails every so often, even though I've deleted my account with them 18 months ago. There's no way for me to delete the pages now, since my account is long gone.
Wow, this is fascinating work and a great thread.
(Also, I didn't realize that Betteridge's law (the answer to a question in a headline is always no) also applies to paper titles…)
(Also, I didn't realize that Betteridge's law (the answer to a question in a headline is always no) also applies to paper titles…)
Does the culture you grow up in shape the way you see the world? In a new Psych Review paper, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I tackle this centuries-old question using the Müller-Lyer illusion as a case study. Come think through one of history's mysteries with us🧵(1/13):
January 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Wow, this is fascinating work and a great thread.
(Also, I didn't realize that Betteridge's law (the answer to a question in a headline is always no) also applies to paper titles…)
(Also, I didn't realize that Betteridge's law (the answer to a question in a headline is always no) also applies to paper titles…)
I either just bought the cheapest copy of Karsten's Charts and Graphs ever, or I've fallen for a scam. Stay tuned for updates!
January 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I either just bought the cheapest copy of Karsten's Charts and Graphs ever, or I've fallen for a scam. Stay tuned for updates!
TIL that the Butlerian Jihad in Dune is (possibly) named after Samuel Butler, who wrote a famous letter in the 1860s, and later a book, worrying about the evolution of machines, and arguing for their destruction. arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/1...
161 years ago, a New Zealand sheep farmer predicted AI doom
Butler’s “Darwin among the machines” warned of a future mechanical race that could subjugate humanity.
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January 22, 2025 at 5:12 AM
TIL that the Butlerian Jihad in Dune is (possibly) named after Samuel Butler, who wrote a famous letter in the 1860s, and later a book, worrying about the evolution of machines, and arguing for their destruction. arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/1...
There's a lot going on, but this is a little dramatic. The actual change here is around 1.5% (from about 20.48:1 to around 20.75:1). Even a cropped axis can leave a little more room for a more nuanced picture, IMHO.
The US could impose tariffs of 25% on Mexican and Canadian imports from February 1, Donald Trump said
He stated that the countries were "allowing vast numbers of people — Canada’s a very bad abuser also — vast numbers of people to come in, and fentanyl to come in”
FT www.ft.com/content/a6ce...
He stated that the countries were "allowing vast numbers of people — Canada’s a very bad abuser also — vast numbers of people to come in, and fentanyl to come in”
FT www.ft.com/content/a6ce...
January 21, 2025 at 2:42 AM
There's a lot going on, but this is a little dramatic. The actual change here is around 1.5% (from about 20.48:1 to around 20.75:1). Even a cropped axis can leave a little more room for a more nuanced picture, IMHO.
Kind of funny to watch this, because I always wonder if they're just doing their emails on stage. And no, I'm not hating on electronic music, Justice are on my list of bands to see live for sure. I've also seen ODESZA in concert twice, both times were epic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL8f...
Justice - Generator (Live at Accor Arena 2024)
YouTube video by Justice
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January 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Kind of funny to watch this, because I always wonder if they're just doing their emails on stage. And no, I'm not hating on electronic music, Justice are on my list of bands to see live for sure. I've also seen ODESZA in concert twice, both times were epic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL8f...
Yay @arnicas.bsky.social wrote a blog post just for me! I see you, RSS-only blog post! blogger.ghostweather.com/2025/01/this...
This Blogger Blog is defunct -- New RSS feed, New Blog
Hi to anyone reading via RSS I guess? I have downloaded the contents and restarted a static blog, with a new RSS feed. The blog is still fi...
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January 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Yay @arnicas.bsky.social wrote a blog post just for me! I see you, RSS-only blog post! blogger.ghostweather.com/2025/01/this...
What? Who would write such a thing? This is an outrage! Everybody agrees on the dumb, unfounded hate for pie charts, right? I mean, the righteous, totally normal, well sourced, not exaggerated at all, pie chart hate!
Pie and donut charts get a bad rep, but they work well if used for the right data and tasks. Read about what the science has to say about them in our new blog post: https://buff.ly/3DURbnS
January 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
What? Who would write such a thing? This is an outrage! Everybody agrees on the dumb, unfounded hate for pie charts, right? I mean, the righteous, totally normal, well sourced, not exaggerated at all, pie chart hate!
I mean I get it, but it's still useful to think of kWh/day, because electricity is sold in kWh (so you can figure out what it'll cost to run per day, month, etc.). It's also meaningful because it's an average over time, it doesn't draw a constant 125W. That aside, I completely agree.
January 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I mean I get it, but it's still useful to think of kWh/day, because electricity is sold in kWh (so you can figure out what it'll cost to run per day, month, etc.). It's also meaningful because it's an average over time, it doesn't draw a constant 125W. That aside, I completely agree.
Kind of related to my previous post, this documentary on Phil Collins is pretty good. Especially if you don't know that he was originally the drummer in Genesis. But they also cover a lot of other ground and talk about the toll drumming ended up taking on his health. youtu.be/WdGmydR715Q
Phil Collins: Drummer First
YouTube video by Drumeo
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January 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Kind of related to my previous post, this documentary on Phil Collins is pretty good. Especially if you don't know that he was originally the drummer in Genesis. But they also cover a lot of other ground and talk about the toll drumming ended up taking on his health. youtu.be/WdGmydR715Q
Friends of mine like going to concerts by Heart and Billy Joel, and I see The Beach Boys playing the WA State Fair, so I've been thinking about this a bit lately. I don't want to see bands decades past their prime, I find it painful and sad. wapo.st/4afNipJ (gift link)
Opinion | How the biggest rock band in the world disappeared
R.E.M. taught Gen X it’s better to fade away than to burn out.
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January 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Friends of mine like going to concerts by Heart and Billy Joel, and I see The Beach Boys playing the WA State Fair, so I've been thinking about this a bit lately. I don't want to see bands decades past their prime, I find it painful and sad. wapo.st/4afNipJ (gift link)
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I get @eagereyes.org's rhetorical strategy here, but disliking pie charts is incredibly uncool. The pie chart haters need to be warned that they're embarrassing themselves.
January 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I get @eagereyes.org's rhetorical strategy here, but disliking pie charts is incredibly uncool. The pie chart haters need to be warned that they're embarrassing themselves.
Well look what showed up in my mailbox today! Very exciting!
January 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Well look what showed up in my mailbox today! Very exciting!
This cracked me up. You have to know that this skeet(?) is written by a math professor, and I guess you have to remember some basic set th… I guess I should stop explaining.
January 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
This cracked me up. You have to know that this skeet(?) is written by a math professor, and I guess you have to remember some basic set th… I guess I should stop explaining.
It's been a while since I binged @chrisstaecker.bsky.social videos on YT. Great to see him on here, and this video brought him back into my consciousness.
New video: The Ott Derivimeter! An instrument from the early 20th century that measures the derivative of a curve on paper. Short here, longer video below.
January 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
It's been a while since I binged @chrisstaecker.bsky.social videos on YT. Great to see him on here, and this video brought him back into my consciousness.