Menu

Alison Pitt

×
Pick yourself up. There’s no 5 second rule for your ego. Image description: an ice cream cone lies on the ground, half a scoop of ice cream having fallen out

Pick yourself up. There’s no 5 second rule for your ego. Image description: an ice cream cone lies on the ground, half a scoop of ice cream having fallen out

Let's talk about recovering from setbacks

Alison Pitt October 8, 2020

I scrapped a whole video because it wasn’t up to scratch. Afterward, I made a video about not making a video. Let me explain!

Read More
In Audio Production, Data Viz
Searching for a job but reached the end of your list? Keep yourself busy with some top tips. Image description: small, red, metal flag with the words “FOR HIRE” in white, against a brown background

Searching for a job but reached the end of your list? Keep yourself busy with some top tips. Image description: small, red, metal flag with the words “FOR HIRE” in white, against a brown background

7 things you can do to up your data game while job searching

Alison Pitt September 8, 2020

So, you’re a data nerd, you’re looking for a new job, and you just reached the end of the list of jobs to apply for. What do you do next? This is exactly the situation that I have found myself in several times in the last few months, so I thought I’d compile a list of the things that I’ve done to keep myself engaged while in a lull.

Read More
In Data Viz
Anyone for fruit salad?

Anyone for fruit salad?

How to create a default set of display data in a lengthy data set

Alison Pitt - Admin September 1, 2020

What happens when you have more total records than will fit in a viz, and you want to display a specific subset of them when nothing else is filtered? You create a default set of data! Here’s how I did it and applied it to my own interactive resume.

Read More
In Data Viz Tags Tableau
A nice eddy inside a double-sided cavity

A nice eddy inside a double-sided cavity

A different kind of data viz

Alison Pitt August 6, 2020

Way back in 2002, I spent my days in the wind tunnel. Well, not in the wind tunnel…next to the wind tunnel. I saw some things, man. And a great many of them were extremely cool.

Read More
In Data Viz
Part of the script of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, visualized

Part of the script of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, visualized

Visualizing Star Trek

Alison Pitt August 5, 2020

It’s no surprise that I’m into Star Trek. So what happens when my love of data collides with my fandom? I make a viz that turns the scripts of my favorite movies into an explorable piece of art.

Read More
In Data Viz
An excerpt from my journal, a peek into my process

An excerpt from my journal, a peek into my process

Getting tangled in the semantic NOT

Alison Pitt July 21, 2020

In the latest Makeover Monday challenge, I stumbled across something kinda interesting…What’s the difference between a logical NOT and a semantic NOT?

Read More
In Data Viz Tags Makeover Monday
← NewerOlder →

Search

Post Archive
  • May 2024 1
  • September 2023 1
  • June 2023 1
  • May 2022 1
  • January 2022 1
  • October 2020 2
  • September 2020 2
  • August 2020 2
  • July 2020 7
  • June 2020 4
  • November 2017 5
  • October 2017 4
  • September 2017 4
  • August 2017 1

Featured Posts

Featured
Data Viz
How to Set up a 2-Record Seed to do Math in Tableau
Data Viz
Data Viz
Data Viz
An Exploration of Incomplete Open Cubes
Data Viz
Data Viz
Data Viz
What size dashboard should you use for a nice Tableau Public thumbnail?
Data Viz
Data Viz
Audio Production, Data Viz
Let's talk about recovering from setbacks
Audio Production, Data Viz
Audio Production, Data Viz
Data Viz
7 things you can do to up your data game while job searching
Data Viz
Data Viz
Data Viz
Visualizing Star Trek
Data Viz
Data Viz
Data Viz
A few pitfalls of the small data set
Data Viz
Data Viz
Data Viz
Vintage Viz: Beautiful rings on your Linux desktop with Conky
Data Viz
Data Viz

Affiliate disclosure - Privacy policy - Terms of use