How to get started with data visualization

Um excelente texto sobre como se tornar um bom artista de visualizações de dados

Sometimes, I get emails asking me “how to get started in data visualization.” Maybe you’re one of the people wondering about that. Maybe you found a book full of data vis in a bookstore, followed somebody who makes data vis on social media, noticed that you love playing with the “charts” feature in Excel, or just really like these data visualizations that newsrooms are creating.

And now you want to create them yourself but don’t know where to get started.

This article tries to give some very practical advice on your next steps. If you ask ten people for that advice, you’ll likely get ten different answers. This is mine:

1 Find out what you like about data visualizations
Don’t worry too much about data or tools
Start to visualize data
Get better at visualizing data

It’s based on the experiences I’ve had and what’s worked for me. I hope some of these ideas will help you to find your own path.

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