Why don’t we use triangles in charts more often? Can design considerations come before we have the data? Do we take data visualization too seriously? Author, speaker, and data literacy advocate Neil Richards raises (and occasionally answers) these and other questions in his new book, Questions in Dataviz: a Data-Driven Process for Data Visualization. In this episode, Neil stops by the podcast to talk about the value of creativity, personal passion projects, experimentation in data visualization, and whether dataviz can change the world. 

related links:

• Follow Neil: Twitter | Website | Tableau Public (portfolio)
• Book: Questions in Dataviz
• Podcast: Alli Torban’s Dataviz Today 
• Project: Makeover Monday
• SWD challenge: https://community.storytellingwithdata.com/challenges
• Project: Viz for Social Good
• Project: Andy Kirk’s The Seinfeld Chronicles 
• Viz: US county hexmap
• Viz: Pet ownership in the UK
• Project: Data Visualization Society
• Project: Information is Beautiful Awards
• Get sample content & order storytelling with you: storytellingwithyou.com
• University instructor resources: storytelling with data.com/university
• SWD YouTube channel: storytellingwithdata.com/youtube