I neglected my visualizations web site, things made thinkable, for too long. Here’s what I did to bring it back to life:

1. Fixed the aspect ratio
2. Made it reactive
3. Embraced SVG
4. Started a mailing list
5. Stopped reusing code
6. Switched to newer fonts
7. Reduced bloat
8. Added social meta tags
9. Started tweeting about it
10. Quit my jobs

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Animating PNG images: Prototype, script.aculo.us and jQuery

Animating SVG: Snap.svg

Web-safe fonts

My go-to fonts: Bellefair and Lato

Self-hosting fonts

Bloatware: jsSocials, Font Awesome and Google Analytics

Meta tags

My Twitter handle: @markjjeffery

Another of my podcasts: The Quit Work Podcast

Compare and contrast my first visualization:

Trillion Dollar Economies (circa 2010, 960px wide)

with my latest:

Rivers of the Atlantic (circa 2022, scalable)

Prefer to watch the video? Watch here

The full article is here