53: How to Sidestep These 3 Common Sources of Frustration

03/31/20 • 15 min

You feel that mounting frustration in your body and you're about to lose your patience... what could have avoided this?!

In this episode, I talk about 3 common sources of frustration and what you can do to sidestep them. Let's go!

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You feel that mounting frustration in your body and you're about to lose your patience... what could have avoided this?!

In this episode, I talk about 3 common sources of frustration and what you can do to sidestep them. Let's go!

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52: How to Keep Your Reader Engaged with Thoughtful Annotations — Featuring Alyssa Fowers

I’ve noticed that many of the really engaging graphics have something in common: really thoughtful annotations. Usually, we think of annotations as a way to communicate context (like the title, subtitle, data labels) or point out outliers or specific events.

But what if we thought of annotations as a tool beyond just context. What if we could use annotations to keep the reader more engaged?

In this episode, we’ll learn about a recent project by Alyssa Fowers, where she visualized data about protests around the U.S. and the specific things she did to create annotations that made her project more engaging. Let’s go!

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In this episode, Shirley Wu shares the specific things that she looks for in potential collaborators, the steps she took to execute her innovative People of the Pandemic game, and how she overcame her moments of self-doubt under the mounting complexity of creating a game from scratch...

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