All of the blog posts I've written in 2025 📊:

Working with colours in #RStats: https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/colours-in-r/

Designing monochrome data visualisations: https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/monochrome-data-visualisations/

Creating data-driven art: https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/data-driven-art/

Observable for R users: https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/observable-r-users/

30 Day Chart Challenge 2025: https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/30-day-chart-challenge-2025/

A step-by-step chart makeover: https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/chart-makeover/

#DataViz

All of the blog posts I've written in 2025 📊:

Working with colours in #RStats: https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/colours-in-r/

Designing monochrome data visualisations: https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/monochrome-data-visualisations/

Creating data-driven art: https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/data-driven-art/

Observable for R users: https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/observable-r-users/

30 Day Chart Challenge 2025: https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/30-day-chart-challenge-2025/

A step-by-step chart makeover: https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/chart-makeover/

#DataViz

The thickness of #Arctic sea ice dropped to a new all-time record low this year around the North Pole (data from PIOMAS). More in my latest 'climate viz of the month' blog: https://zacklabe.com/climate-viz-of-the-month/ #OpenScience #SciComm #DataViz #OpenData

The thickness of #Arctic sea ice dropped to a new all-time record low this year around the North Pole (data from PIOMAS). More in my latest 'climate viz of the month' blog: https://zacklabe.com/climate-viz-of-the-month/ #OpenScience #SciComm #DataViz #OpenData

Here's how Yan Holtz improves a line chart step by step. So useful to see how a design professional makes a default #dataviz so much more compelling! Plus you can turn each change on and off in his interactive article:
https://www.react-graph-gallery.com/example/line-chart-design-improvement

Updated every month: Access the raw datasets behind every #dataviz we've ever released online. The IIB Data Room. 500+ sheets, 1200+ datasets. Continually updated.
https://informationisbeautiful.net/data/

#Arctic climate rankings are in for November 2025: https://zacklabe.com/archive-2025/. A historic boreal fall for sea ice conditions (and not in a good way).

#OpenScience #OpenData #SciComm #DataViz

My #Arctic temperature graphics have been updated for November 2025 (ranked in top 5 warmest). New records were reached in my individual Pacific Arctic and Greenland Arctic regional sectors.

➡️ Check it out: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-temperatures/. #DataViz #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData

#Arctic climate rankings are in for November 2025: https://zacklabe.com/archive-2025/. A historic boreal fall for sea ice conditions (and not in a good way).

#OpenScience #OpenData #SciComm #DataViz

My #Arctic temperature graphics have been updated for November 2025 (ranked in top 5 warmest). New records were reached in my individual Pacific Arctic and Greenland Arctic regional sectors.

➡️ Check it out: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-temperatures/. #DataViz #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData

Using fonts in R graphics can be tricky at times. {showtext} aims to make it easier: https://cran.rstudio.com/web/packages/showtext/vignettes/introduction.html #rstats #dataviz #ggplot

Using fonts in R graphics can be tricky at times. {showtext} aims to make it easier: https://cran.rstudio.com/web/packages/showtext/vignettes/introduction.html #rstats #dataviz #ggplot

Had missed that "Plotly is retiring its R documentation". N.B. this is different from the package itself, no change there.

Plotly seems to turn up quite frequently in online teaching materials. Losing easy to access web docs for learners could be a bit unfortunate.

However, the good news is it looks like Posit will be taking over arranging to host the docs going forward
https://github.com/plotly/plotly.R/issues/2456#issuecomment-3443542452
#RStats #Plotly #Dataviz

There’s just one quilt featured in this article, but it’s a powerful look at Argentina’s Dirty War

#DataViz quilting really seems to be having a moment. I hope it’s not just a flash in the pan and that quilters continue to explore very serious themes in such an accessible way. I’d like to see data quilts grow to have as much impact as story quilts in the grand scheme of quilt activism

https://www.gc.cuny.edu/news/speaking-truth-power-quilt

#Quilting #QuiltingNews

My new project Graphpedia aims to be the #1 platform for online knowledge graphs. Specifically static visual knowledge graphs based on Wikidata.

It aims to be yet another internet rabbit-hole to explore and deep-dive into. ☕As well as a source for learning, teaching, and citation.

What features would you like to see?

https://graphpedia.org

#dataviz #wikidata #opendata #knowledgegraph #indieweb #coolweb #visualization #edtech #graphpedia

Had missed that "Plotly is retiring its R documentation". N.B. this is different from the package itself, no change there.

Plotly seems to turn up quite frequently in online teaching materials. Losing easy to access web docs for learners could be a bit unfortunate.

However, the good news is it looks like Posit will be taking over arranging to host the docs going forward
https://github.com/plotly/plotly.R/issues/2456#issuecomment-3443542452
#RStats #Plotly #Dataviz

There’s just one quilt featured in this article, but it’s a powerful look at Argentina’s Dirty War

#DataViz quilting really seems to be having a moment. I hope it’s not just a flash in the pan and that quilters continue to explore very serious themes in such an accessible way. I’d like to see data quilts grow to have as much impact as story quilts in the grand scheme of quilt activism

https://www.gc.cuny.edu/news/speaking-truth-power-quilt

#Quilting #QuiltingNews

October 2025 was the warmest October on record for the #Arctic. Arctic sea-ice extent is currently the lowest on record for late November. My newest 'climate viz of the month' summarizes some of this latest data: https://zacklabe.com/climate-viz-of-the-month/

#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz

Mapping out how quickly you can get around Edinburgh with different modes of transport for day 26 of the #30DayMapChallenge!

Useful blog post if you want to try this yourself: https://jamiehudson.netlify.app/post/distance_map/

#RStats #DataViz #ggplot2

My new project Graphpedia aims to be the #1 platform for online knowledge graphs. Specifically static visual knowledge graphs based on Wikidata.

It aims to be yet another internet rabbit-hole to explore and deep-dive into. ☕As well as a source for learning, teaching, and citation.

What features would you like to see?

https://graphpedia.org

#dataviz #wikidata #opendata #knowledgegraph #indieweb #coolweb #visualization #edtech #graphpedia