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Onboarding AI: Why the Semantic Layer Matters

Giving AI the context it needs so it stops making up numbers at the worst possible time.

Nov 17 • 

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Colour as Strategy and Aesthetics: What the Bureau of Meteorology’s Radar Teaches About Data Visualisation

An ill-fated radar redesign reminds us that colour decisions are never cosmetic, they define how data is read and believed.

Nov 2 • 

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October 2025

How to Do Reasonably Well in Data Visualisation Competitions

A practical guide distilled from multiple top ten qualifications in Tableau's Iron Viz.

Oct 24 • 

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June 2025

MCP and the reshaping of data visualisation & business intelligence

Model context protocol may have a huge impact on the domain of insight retrieval

Jun 10 • 

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May 2025

The Tableau vs Power BI debate is largely a waste of time

The choice of business intelligence tool probably doesn't matter as much as you might think it does

May 27 • 

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Reboot of The Datavist Newsletter

I'm back! I think!

May 25 • 

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March 2021

The history of women's suffrage, the Chinese arms industry, and buying Big Macs: how many working hours does it take?

Welcome to Edition #8, the 'fortnightly' glance at data visualisation in the humanities collated and commented on by Darragh Murray.

Mar 23, 2021 • 

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The history of migration in Australia, the Black Death & allied bombing campaigns of World War 2

This is Edition #7 of The Datavist, a fortnightly newsletter highlighting great instances of data-driven storytelling in the humanities. Compiled and…

Mar 1, 2021 • 

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February 2021

Energy use in Europe, Sustainable Development Goals and Global Democracy

This is Edition #6 of The Datavist, a weekly newsletter highlighting great instances of data-driven storytelling in the humanities. Compiled and…

Feb 15, 2021 • 

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The geopolitics of COVID19, visualising Barbie and the historical efficacy of vaccines

This is Edition #5 of The Datavist, a weekly newsletter highlighting great instances of data-driven storytelling in the humanities. Compiled and…

Feb 1, 2021 • 

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January 2021

Visualising music history, Australia's COVID19 timeline & faiths of the world

This is Edition #4 of The Datavist, a weekly newsletter highlighting great instances of data-driven storytelling in the humanities. Compiled and…

Jan 24, 2021 • 

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The Roads of Rome, the Silent Epidemic and Waffle Chores

Edition #3 of The Datavist, a weekly newsletter highlighting great instances of data-driven storytelling in the humanities. Compiled and commented upon…

Jan 17, 2021 • 

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