Andy Kirk
@visualisingdata.com
An Independent Data Visualisation Expert educating, inspiring, and celebrating data viz excellence, everywhere since 2010.
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The October newsletter will be sent out tomorrow to subscribers, which means there's around 24 hours available for non-subscribers to resolve not being subscribers!
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October 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The October newsletter will be sent out tomorrow to subscribers, which means there's around 24 hours available for non-subscribers to resolve not being subscribers!
visualisingdata.com/newsletter/
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Don't think I've seen visualised wind patterns this intense before
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earth.nullschool.net#current/wind...
October 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Don't think I've seen visualised wind patterns this intense before
earth.nullschool.net#current/wind...
earth.nullschool.net#current/wind...
New 'Explore Explain' episode!
I chatted with award-winning Liuhuaying Yang from the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna about her unique data visualisation ‘Not My Name‘, which explores the process and components of translating Chinese names Pinyin.
visualisingdata.com/2025/10/expl...
I chatted with award-winning Liuhuaying Yang from the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna about her unique data visualisation ‘Not My Name‘, which explores the process and components of translating Chinese names Pinyin.
visualisingdata.com/2025/10/expl...
October 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
New 'Explore Explain' episode!
I chatted with award-winning Liuhuaying Yang from the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna about her unique data visualisation ‘Not My Name‘, which explores the process and components of translating Chinese names Pinyin.
visualisingdata.com/2025/10/expl...
I chatted with award-winning Liuhuaying Yang from the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna about her unique data visualisation ‘Not My Name‘, which explores the process and components of translating Chinese names Pinyin.
visualisingdata.com/2025/10/expl...
Two adjacent articles on The Guardian
October 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Two adjacent articles on The Guardian
Feels a rather well-timed pair of posts on my timeline this morning
October 12, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Feels a rather well-timed pair of posts on my timeline this morning
After a few years its great to be back in Athens for a week of work injecting data viz know-how into the brains of the lovely people attending OTE Academy training
October 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
After a few years its great to be back in Athens for a week of work injecting data viz know-how into the brains of the lovely people attending OTE Academy training
In this post I offer some background to the piece I contributed, what its about and include some views of the graphic up close.
October 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
In this post I offer some background to the piece I contributed, what its about and include some views of the graphic up close.
And it’s out now hitting inboxes (yes, I appreciate I nearly missed the September deadline).
Non-subscribers, hold on for just two weeks and then it’ll be made public.
Non-subscribers, hold on for just two weeks and then it’ll be made public.
September 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
And it’s out now hitting inboxes (yes, I appreciate I nearly missed the September deadline).
Non-subscribers, hold on for just two weeks and then it’ll be made public.
Non-subscribers, hold on for just two weeks and then it’ll be made public.
The newsletter will be back up and running later today, with a new issue compiling the best dataviz related things I saw during July-August.
With non-work life now a little more settled, from next month I'll be able to revert back to my monthly-issue rhythm.
visualisingdata.com/newsletter/
With non-work life now a little more settled, from next month I'll be able to revert back to my monthly-issue rhythm.
visualisingdata.com/newsletter/
September 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The newsletter will be back up and running later today, with a new issue compiling the best dataviz related things I saw during July-August.
With non-work life now a little more settled, from next month I'll be able to revert back to my monthly-issue rhythm.
visualisingdata.com/newsletter/
With non-work life now a little more settled, from next month I'll be able to revert back to my monthly-issue rhythm.
visualisingdata.com/newsletter/
Minutes away from the start of the first of seven courses I’m running for one of my very best clients, OTE Academy in Greece. This one’s on zoom, most of the others will be in Athens.
September 23, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Minutes away from the start of the first of seven courses I’m running for one of my very best clients, OTE Academy in Greece. This one’s on zoom, most of the others will be in Athens.
In place for my second guest lecture this year with students from Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
September 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
In place for my second guest lecture this year with students from Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
You can also browse through the back-catalogue of 46 other long-form interviews with some of the best talents from across this field and around the world: visualisingdata.com/podcast/
September 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
You can also browse through the back-catalogue of 46 other long-form interviews with some of the best talents from across this field and around the world: visualisingdata.com/podcast/
Nice work trip to Dundee resuming my data viz training events on the road with The Care Inspectorate of Scotland
September 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Nice work trip to Dundee resuming my data viz training events on the road with The Care Inspectorate of Scotland
I feel like I have to do battle with these at least once a month and I don’t think I’ve ever won
September 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I feel like I have to do battle with these at least once a month and I don’t think I’ve ever won
Very nice to be back in Dundee for a couple of days’ work. It’s been a few years since my last visit and so I know wonderful views are available, just not currently aided by my hotel window
September 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Very nice to be back in Dundee for a couple of days’ work. It’s been a few years since my last visit and so I know wonderful views are available, just not currently aided by my hotel window
My starting position with these things (as I'm sure is with most of us) is usually to assume mistake and not-malice, especially in this case as the truncating of that bar length undermines the article's point. Just looking now at the mobile version, my eye test suggests it has maybe been resolved?
September 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
My starting position with these things (as I'm sure is with most of us) is usually to assume mistake and not-malice, especially in this case as the truncating of that bar length undermines the article's point. Just looking now at the mobile version, my eye test suggests it has maybe been resolved?
Data viz in the wild in La Rochelle
September 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Data viz in the wild in La Rochelle
Visualising Data HQ remains in Leeds just for now, technically from a virtual office, so business operations resume and continue almost as normal from tomorrow!
August 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Visualising Data HQ remains in Leeds just for now, technically from a virtual office, so business operations resume and continue almost as normal from tomorrow!
Hello (again, but properly) Dublin
August 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Hello (again, but properly) Dublin
Tomorrow I will post out my latest newsletter to subscribers. This will be a (belated) combined view of the 50 best things I encountered during May AND June, as I had to skip a month due to work and non-work stuff.
To subscribe or check out all previous issues visit visualisingdata.com/newsletter/
To subscribe or check out all previous issues visit visualisingdata.com/newsletter/
July 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Tomorrow I will post out my latest newsletter to subscribers. This will be a (belated) combined view of the 50 best things I encountered during May AND June, as I had to skip a month due to work and non-work stuff.
To subscribe or check out all previous issues visit visualisingdata.com/newsletter/
To subscribe or check out all previous issues visit visualisingdata.com/newsletter/
Going to cancel this morning's meetings to immerse myself in the engaging video I've being encouraged to create about my ToDo list.
(cc @chezvoila.com)
(cc @chezvoila.com)
July 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Going to cancel this morning's meetings to immerse myself in the engaging video I've being encouraged to create about my ToDo list.
(cc @chezvoila.com)
(cc @chezvoila.com)
Lots of visual-treatment potential in this statistically packed report ‘Silicon Valley Pain Index’ www.sjsu.edu/hri/policy-p...
July 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Lots of visual-treatment potential in this statistically packed report ‘Silicon Valley Pain Index’ www.sjsu.edu/hri/policy-p...
Followed by this afternoon’s
July 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Followed by this afternoon’s
This morning’s workplace
July 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
This morning’s workplace