Tools I Love - Bar & Line

Tools I Love

A collection of 5 posts

Tools I Love #4: Google Sheets

Tools I Love #4: Google Sheets

I don't know if I've ever made a visualization without Google Sheets [sheets.google.com]. Like the sturdy vessel of a seasoned explorer, it's fast, powerful, and a key part of almost every data journey I undertake. It's there with me when I get hold of raw data and need

Tools I Love #3: Figma

Tools I Love #3: Figma

Here's a confession - I've never got comfortable with Adobe Illustrator. I'm pretty good with Photoshop. I've got a comfortable handle on Lightroom. But mastery of Illustrator has always eluded me. Why? Because it's bad software. It's slow, it's unintuitive, it's just unpleasant to use. The pen tool makes me

Make Your Own Data Glyphs With Joyful Data

Make Your Own Data Glyphs With Joyful Data

The folks at Gramener's Storylabs have built a "happy little tool" built on JOY.JS [https://ncase.me/joy/] that allows you to create your own system for encoding data in glyphs. It's called Joyful Data [https://gramener.com/joyfuldata/]. Joyful Data — make happy little data visuals; via @gramenerBring your

Tools I Love #2: Flourish

Tools I Love #2: Flourish

The best free platform for making charts on the web is Flourish [https://flourish.studio/]. It has the best balance of usability, chart types, customisation and export options. Flourish has been a vital part of many of the visualizations I've made. Most complex charts are combinations of simple charts, and

Tools I Love #1: Copic Multiliner SP

Tools I Love #1: Copic Multiliner SP

Tools are important [https://blog.duncangeere.com/data-visualization-tools/]. A good tool not only removes barriers between you and what you want to do, but makes doing that thing delightful. That's why I want to share with you my current favourite pen. It's the Copic Multiliner SP [https://amzn.to/2QA5hQn]