2c:null 2d:["$","title",null,{"children":"Introducing “Plot Twist” | Observable | Observable"}] 32:[] 30:{"id":"0f8032712ca3ec21","slug":"plot-twist-issue_1_-march2022","title":"Introducing “Plot Twist”","thumbnail":"d787bac8d6729c2a13c3d66855915daad936c146ce1f6307a28b8408705026ba","access_level":"public","create_time":"$D2022-03-17T17:49:12.830Z","update_time":"$D2022-03-21T20:36:59.092Z","view_time":null,"first_public_time":"$D2022-03-17T17:51:34.125Z","has_unpublished_edits":null,"fork":false,"stars":10,"starred":false,"owner":{"type":"team","id":"f35c755083683fe5","login":"observablehq","name":"Observable","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/424c6c1f7794371c9915a160519bdfb34cf34e50069fcd6def38a1a04d4e9702","tier":"enterprise_2024","bio":"The end-to-end solution for building and hosting better data apps, dashboards, and reports."},"version":74,"publish_version":74,"role":null,"authored":false,"authors":[{"type":"individual","id":"01da8f54760cfa4f","login":"buchman","name":"Lauren Buchman","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/dac925c96cfb1d694466b32e8f6dcb269f86501ef1e7493a076868d82c166c2b","tier":null,"bio":"I like humans more than computers. Very chalant."},{"type":"individual","id":"45a379fcfcb14253","login":"fil","name":"Fil","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/d5b1777907117a2bdf2a07eb98600d7a9beb21639fde42b9753e95c88c7731a6","tier":null,"bio":"Vocateur."},{"type":"individual","id":"c1daf2951ad616fb","login":"cobus","name":"Cobus Theunissen","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/4a17a065d7a0f5f9a64a852f7b26a4f875c2ff69eb17264c3bd9f81e69285c05","tier":null,"bio":""}],"members":[{"type":"individual","id":"074c414ad1d825f5","login":"mbostock","name":"Mike Bostock","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/7dbba99ced40bd5ab8013c99b1a11da61231bce321ba1148a9d16ad0f121550a","tier":null,"role":"editor"}],"comments":[],"custom_thumbnail":false,"trashed":false,"lapsed":null,"subscribed":null,"forks":0,"collection":null,"type":"notebook","body":{"titling":"auto","title":"Introducing “Plot Twist”","cells":[{"id":0,"value":"# Introducing “Plot Twist”\n\nWelcome to the first issue of *Plot Twist*, the newsletter about Observable Plot. Every month or so, we will highlight the inspiring work being done in Observable Plot by creators from our growing user community. We will also provide updates to the library development, showcase new features, share examples and best practices. Most of all, we want this newsletter to surface all the initiatives—from video tutorials to meetups to hackathons—that can help the community learn together.\n\nWithout further ado, here is our first issue, starting with *Plot in Action*:","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":12,"value":"## Plot in Action - GitHub Burndown\n\nThis GitHub Burndown report from [Tom MacWright](https://observablehq.com/@tmcw) shows you how many issues you have open over time and how long those issues live in your repository before being closed.\n\n

\n\nSee Tom’s example","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":15,"value":"## Observable Plot 0.4.2 is now available.\n\nPlot’s shorthand syntax has been expanded. The new box mark generates a horizontal or vertical boxplot. Mark sort options now support implicit “width” and “height” channels. And much more!\n\n

\n\nRead the changelog","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":20,"value":"## Just getting started? Try Cheatsheets!\n\nIntroducing Plot Cheatsheets—an interactive overview for each of the foundational concepts of the Observable Plot library—Marks, Scales, Transforms, Layout, and Colors. They’re a great way to get started and even come with downloadable PDFs.\n \n

\n\nVisit Plot Cheatsheets","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":23,"value":"## Using Plot - Candlestick Chart\n\nA candlestick chart is popular for tracking price movements on a stock exchange. This example by Zan Armstrong notebook shows several Observable Plot features in action: setting the color range explicitly, using the ruleX mark, setting the strokeWidth and strokeLinecap, adding a label to the y-axis, setting the x-axis as ordinal rather than temporal.\n\n

\n\nSee Zan’s example","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":27,"value":"---\n\n## Upcoming Events & Learning opportunities 📅\n\n

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Sign up	March 25, 11am PST	Women in Dataviz Meetup

\n\nIf you would like to host a future Observable Plot Meetup, please contact us at plot@observablehq.com.","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":42,"value":"---\n\n## Classifieds for Community Members\n\nIf your organization is hiring for data visualization roles, we'd love to share them with the community. Please send them to plot@observablehq.com and we'll be sure to include them in our next issue.\n\nSpeaking of data visualization jobs...\n\nObservable is hiring! Come work with us (and with Plot!) We have numerous positions open for roles including Data Visualization Developer, Product Designer & Software Engineer.\n\nApply here

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