4 tools a nomophobe with serious FOMO uses

This isn't about productivity in terms of to-do lists, or consolidating thoughts - it's about keeping on top of content you're interested in. I'm a self-confessed nomophobe - actually, it goes beyond that I'd say. This is what nomophobia...

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QS1 | A New Project

When I joined the Information Lab, the legend who is Tim Ngewna introduced the term "quantified self" to me. I'd heard of fitness tracking, but life tracking was a concept which was very new to me. Over the last 6-8 months, I've wanted...

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Visualising my first ParkRun

Two weekends ago, I did my first Parkrun - Parkrun is a initiative which is 100% volunteer run & takes place in a whole host of communities across the UK. I've been aware of it for sometime, but the trigger for me to actually...

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McCandless & Data Viz - The Rebellious Teenage Years

Since about 2013, when I lived alone in Manchester during my placement year, I've kinda been bored of simply having dinner - While cooking I'd watch something, and I'd need to be doing something while eating too. Sometimes I Skyped back...

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Data Visualisation Style Guides; Part III - Using Icons

For Part I (Intro) of this series you can find it here For Part II (Chart Types) of this series you can find it here Icons are all around us and are visual cues to so many aspects of our lives. Small, often square,...

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#DataLessons - 5 Tips

Given that it's "back to school" month with Tableau, they're running a hashtag called #DataLessons - Aimed for people who have been working with data, the objective is to share lessons for those just getting started on their data journey. Given...

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Data Visualisation Style Guides; Part II - Chart Types

To find the first installment of this series (oh so long ago!), you can find it here   One of the beauties of visualisation lies in the fact that it's up to eight times easier for the human brain to understand data when it's presented...

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Curiosity to Consultancy; Luck, Opportunity & Cole Skuse

It's been a while since I posted here! After a busy few weeks, I was invited to speak at Data+Visual, an event run in London by the wonderful Eric Hannell - And below is the talk I gave there. Eric sort've gave me free reign to talk, and mentioned that I should talk about my foray into sports data - or something similar. Now, given that I imagine...

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Why won't my table headers show? Why are they concatenating? - Quick Tableau Tip!

While with a client, my colleague Jules and I had the same issue on the same day. Puzzled, we reached out to the wider Information Lab team and learnt something completely new! I'll explain below. The issue was this;  Basically,...

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Fast start or frustration; England vs. Iceland preview

I maintain this; that this team that Hodgson has been putting out, and the system being deployed is the best I've seen in in my life as an England fan. It's just good to watch - it has balance, players who have a good amount of...

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