Every month, we highlight the inspiring work being done in Observable by creators in our supportive user community. We also provide development updates, showcase new features, and share opportunities to connect with — and learn from — each other.

Last week, we introduced new tiers for individual workspaces: Free and Pro. As a thank-you for being an early part of our community, we've activated a free trial of Pro until December 1, 2022.

Please read more [on our blog ](https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/hello-pro?collection=%40observablehq%2Fobservable-blog&utm_medium=newsletter)and [on our forum,](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/faq-october-2022-platform-change/7120) where you can join the discussion.

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**Join us online October 26-27 for [Observable _Insight_](https://hopin.com/events/observable-insight?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=conference22)**, a gathering of creative data practitioners from all over the world looking to collaborate and connect around trends in data visualization, share skills with passionate members of the community, and hear what’s new at Observable.

- **Community Talks |** Learn best practices and see the many ways our community uses Observable to collaborate with data.

- **Customer Stories |** See how organizations use Observable for work- from dashboards to data visualizations to decision-making.

- **Product Demos |** We've launched new features to make it easier to create using Observable, including Free Teams, Data Table Cell, and more.

- **Data In Action |** Experience why our community uses Observable to create dashboards, visualizations, charts, and more to teach, impact decisions and tell stories.

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Observable Ambassador Aaron Kyle Dennis and Asian Development Bank have launched a $10K Digital Challenge: _Visualizing Climate Change & Resilience._ Participants showcase their prowess in narrating data stories for a chance to collaborate with ADB’s Nepal Resident Mission on data literacy workshops that focus on climate resilience.

[<img width="100%" src="http://cdn.mcauto-images-production.sendgrid.net/9512743694f5796e/9b7020a9-fe47-480d-b9b5-1e6703e7f28a/1600x900.png" alt= "climate challenge">](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/10k-challenge-visualizing-climate-change-resilience/7161)

<a href="https://observablehq.com/@ambassadors/dataviz4climate" class="button">Learn more & join the challenge!</a>

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## Community Spotlight

Take a look at the amazing notebooks the Observable community has created over the past month!

- [Top 100 IMDB Movies](https://observablehq.com/@btwhelena/top-100-imdb-movies) by Helena Oliveira

- [Two-Tone Pseudo Color Scales with Observable Plot & Vega-Lite](https://observablehq.com/@spren9er/two-tone-pseudo-color-scales) by Torsten Sprenger

- [Euclidean rhythms](https://observablehq.com/@toja/euclidean-rhythms) by Torben Jansen

View more [featured creators](https://observablehq.com/featured-creators) and [trending notebooks](https://observablehq.com/trending).

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## Observable Ambassadors’ Stories, in Their Words

In our sixth in the Observable Ambassador series, we shine a spotlight on Tereza Iofciu, PhD, Head of Data Science at neuefische.

[<img width="100%" src="http://cdn.mcauto-images-production.sendgrid.net/9512743694f5796e/898a5501-e7b0-4714-a7a9-b69541d22633/1280x800.png" alt="observable ambassador stories">](https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/tereza-iofciu-observable-ambassador?collection=%40observablehq%2Fobservable-blog&utm_medium=newsletter)

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## Forbes discusses data work with Observable CEO

Melody Meckfessel spent time with Forbes contributors Nancy Wang & Sydney Umeri to discuss Observable's mission as a company, thoughts on fundraising & scaling, gratitude for our committed VC partners and the future of data work over the next 5-10 years.

<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/nancywang/2022/10/15/melody-meckfessel-ex-google-vp-of-engineering-aims-to-make-data-collaboration-accessible-to-everyone/?sh=2ea797e25e05" class="button">View the article</a>

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## Updates from our Community Feedback repo

🙏 We are thankful for a community that cares and takes time to submit issues on our [community feedback repository](https://github.com/observablehq/feedback). Here are some key feature requests and bug fixes that we recently closed:

- **See the total size of files attached to a notebook**

<br> The files side pane now displays the total size of attached files. Thanks @hellonearthis for submitting this feature request! [[#213](https://github.com/observablehq/feedback/issues/213)]

- **Opening and closing the collections side pane now auto-updates the page url**

<br> This means that if a user makes a choice to close the collections side pane, refreshing the page will honor that choice. It also makes it easier to copy a notebook url for sharing, with the desired state of the side pane. Thank you @oluckyman for suggesting this feature! [[#486](https://github.com/observablehq/feedback/issues/486)]

- **Collections management restored for FireFox**

<br> A regression that was preventing notebooks from being added to collections when using the FireFox browser has been fixed. Thank you @MarioDelgadoSr for flagging this bug! [[#490](https://github.com/observablehq/feedback/issues/490)]

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## Upcoming Events & Learning Opportunities 📅

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| [Join Us](https://hopin.com/canvas/events/observable-insight/registration?&utm_source=newsletter) | Oct 26 - 27 | Observable _Insight_ conference|

| [Join Us](https://www.meetup.com/observablehq/events/288781790/) | Oct 27 | Observable Community Meetup & Happy Hour: San Francisco|

| [Join Us](https://www.meetup.com/observablehq/events/289096255/) | Nov 16 | What's new with Observable: Community Meetup|

| [Join Us](https://www.meetup.com/observablehq/events/289094458/) | Nov 30 | Working in Observable Teams Q&A|

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## Observable is Hiring!

We are currently looking to fill a variety of roles including Software Developer, Design Manager, Principal Engineer, Senior JavaScript Developer, Senior Product Manager, and more. Please help us spread the word!

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**Spotlight Role:**

**Position:** Software Developer<br>

**Salary and Hours:** $132,000 per year; 40 hours per week.<br>

**Experience and Requirements:** Bachelors degree in Computer Science.<br>

**Description of Duties:**

- Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve software.

- Write code for Observable's product and platform, create reliable and sustainable systems,

and develop prototypes quickly.

- Write unit and integration tests to ensure the software is functioning correctly and securely.

- Deploy and release software at a regular cadence.

- Support and improve the software through on call and support tasks.

- Communicate and interact with users to understand their requirements and respond to their

issues.

- Collaborate on projects with designers, engineers and product managers.

**Interested applicants should contact:**<br>

Erinn Wong<br>

Observable, Inc.<br>

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