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Ambassador Spotlight David Kirkby

Observable Ambassador and Cosmology Professor David Kirkby studies the origin and evolution of the Universe. Read more about his data work and check out his Penrose Quilt notebook.

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Ambassador Spotlight: David Kirkby, Professor of Cosmology at UC Irvine

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An exploration of using Claude to help write basic D3 code for time series data

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How effective are AI tools for writing D3 code?

We took a look at where treemaps originated, and how this common data visualization is used on BI dashboards today

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A brief history of treemaps

Few chart types are irredeemably bad, but the radar chart definitely is. In this post, we share why radar charts are ultimately a poor representation of data.

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Why you should avoid radar charts in data visualization

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Learn about eight useful (and underused!) chart options in Observable Plot that will help you to quickly update the look, feel, and behavior of your data visualizations, without reinventing the wheel.

Ambassador Spotlight: David Kirkby, Professor of Cosmology at UC Irvine

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