Duane Millar Barlow

Maria Ciampa

Observable is now using the TypeScript Language Server to provide contextual editor hints. Software Engineer Duane Millar Barlow explains how it was implemented.

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Bringing the TypeScript Language Server to Observable

Allison Horst

Using "import" is a fast and intuitive way to access helpful code and content from across the vast network of Observable notebooks.

3 ways using 'Import' expedites data science workflows

Hena Ghaznavi

Tereza Iofciu

Tereza Iofciu, PhD, Observable Ambassador, Head of Data Science at neuefische

Melody Meckfessel

Observable CEO Melody Meckfessel recently took the stage at CMX 2022 to chat with Observable Community Lead Wayne Sutton on how our community (you) helps to build Observable, and how we support our community.

How our community builds Observable

Paul Buffa

Now that we've established that JavaScript is the future of data analysis, Observable Dataviz Developer Paul Buffa shares hands-on, practical, and simple ways to get started using JavaScript for data analysis.

4 ways to get started with JavaScript for data analysis

Ayodele Odubela

In this two-part series, Data Scientist Ayodele Odubela suggests ways to expedite moving into the production phase. Here in part one, Odubela discusses how to help team members get aligned with a model, and get collaborating. 

3 tips for data scientists to move from model to production - fast

Ian Johnson

Clint Bagley

To better educate ourselves and to offer a resource to anyone following the retail industry, our own Data Visualization Developer Ian Johnson created a notebook that uses visualization techniques to shed light on the monthly retail sales numbers shared by the US Census bureau. Fork and explore.

Visualizing monthly retail reports to better uncover insights

Andrew Wooldridge, Observable Ambassador, Senior Software Engineer

Courtney Francis

We are delighted to welcome two new people to the Observable team! Hena Ghaznavi joins as Community + Social Manager, and Courtney Francis joins as Community Manager for Education.

Meet the newest members of the Observable team

JavaScript is the future for data analysis, because it's ubiquitous, compatible, and has incredible support from the developer community.

4 ways JavaScript makes data analysis faster and easier

Aaron Kyle Dennis

Ambassador Spotlight: Aaron Kyle Dennis, Social Development Specialist at Asian Development Bank

Erika Barbosa

Cameron DeCoster

We are delighted to welcome two new people to the Observable team! Learn a bit more about them...

Andrea Mignone

In July 2022, Andrea Mignone, PhD, was kind enough to share his story with the Observable team. We learned a bit more about his background and interests, as well as how he's used Observable.

Ambassador Spotlight: Andrea Mignone, Software Engineer and Data Architect

Max Graze

﻿﻿Data Visualization Engineer ﻿& Observable Ambassador ﻿Maxene Graze says: ﻿"I learn best by looking at other people's code and either trying to recreate it, or changing it around and then seeing what happens. The fact that I can do that in Observable is really helpful, and it made me learn faster."

Ambassador Spotlight: Maxene Graze, Data Visualization Engineer at MURAL

David Kirkby

Wayne Sutton

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, here.

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

Rachel Weissman-Hohler

savannah

Check out this round up of some exciting things that happened at Observable in the month of June and be sure to subscribe for future updates.

June 2022 - What's new on Observable?

We are delighted to introduce Observable Plot 0.5, which now supports more chart types, including hexbins, beeswarms, and more. These new features allow you to be more expressive and articulate in your data work.

Create more expressive & articulate data visualizations with Plot 0.5

Michael Cooper

We recently improved our sign-up process, giving users a chance to set up their public profile while creating their account. Unfortunately, there was a bug in the way we handled avatars & this resulted in a number of users having duplicated avatars. Our team looks back at the process.

Duplicate avatars retrospective

Virginia Poltrack

Anna Wiederkehr

We are delighted to welcome three new people to the Observable team! Virginia Poltrack and Anna Wiederkehr join us as Designers. Maria Ciampa joins as a Content Marketer. Read on as they tell the story — in their own words — of how they got here, why they're excited to work in dataviz, and more.

Meet the Newest Members of the Observable Team

Robert Kosara

Observable may look nothing like Microsoft Excel, but it actually has a lot in common with it - if you change a value, all the calculations that depend on it automatically update. Observable does that and so much more! Let's try it out...

Observable for Excel Users: Introduction

The Observable team is combining efforts to analyze #NBAFinals games & showcase unique ways to use Observable. This notebook series is for NBA fans, the #NBATwitter community + data practitioners to enjoy & experiment with.

Watch the NBA Finals Players Data Jam on Observable

This is a recap of our monthly newsletter - check out some of the exciting things that happened in the month of May and subscribe for future updates.

May 2022 - What's new on Observable?

Michael Cooper joins us as an Engineer on the User Activation team. On the Product Education Team, Paul Buffa and Robert Kosara join as Data Visualization Developers.

Join the Observable community as we discuss what's in the development toolkits of Data Analysts. We'll share resources on how Data Analysts can accelerate their workflows, connect to their databases, create templates, query live data, and more!

Upcoming Data Analyst Events with Observable

Visnu Pitiyanuvath

Mike Freeman

Today we celebrate both the 1 year anniversary of Observable Plot 🎉 and May The 4th. Please take a look back at this fascinating data exploration of Star Wars movie scripts using Observable Plot.

Analyzing Star Wars movies + the first anniversary of Observable Plot!

In this reprint of our monthly newsletter, we recap some of the exciting things that happened in the month of April.

April 2022 - What's new on Observable?

Carl Wilson

Carl brings more than two decades of experience in tech recruiting. In this post he shares some insight into his passions and background.

Carl Wilson joins Observable as Head of Recruiting

Amanda Waite

We are thrilled to welcome this amazing person and longtime industry vet to the Observable team. Learn more about Amanda's story and experience below.

Amanda Waite joins Observable as Engineering Lead

Here at Observable, we believe in shedding light on diverse stories through data and beyond. We believe it is important to acknowledge the lived and shared experiences of all Black people because their struggles and achievements have greatly impacted each and every one of us.

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