by Eva Murray | Jan 12, 2018 | Blog |
Wow! What a response rate we’ve had to these first two weeks of Makeover Monday in 2018! We thought last year was crazy, but this year is taking it to a whole new level. I’m struggling to keep up with all the vizzes coming in and I’m delighted to see...
by Eva Murray | Dec 15, 2017 | Blog |
For week 50 we teamed up with Tableau Singapore to bring you a data visualization challenge looking at building accessibility in Singapore. The starting point was a map by Singapore’s Building and Construction Authority and we received over 75 submissions with...
by Eva Murray | Dec 6, 2017 | Blog |
Recently in Singapore, there was an Academic Day co-hosted by the Info-communications Media Development Authority and Tableau. Students ranging from Junior/Secondary School to Post-Secondary School showcased their analytic curiosity through Tableau. To educators and...
by Eva Murray | Dec 3, 2017 | Blog |
100 weeks of #MakeoverMonday. We may be going on about it a bit… well, it is a significant milestone and one we’ve truly enjoyed reaching together with all of you, our community of contributors who create vizzes and data stories every week, no matter what...
by Eva Murray | Nov 21, 2017 | Blog |
Makeover Monday is a project by the community for the community and without all of you it wouldn’t be what it is today. Over the past year, many of our MM community members have started to write Makeover Monday related blogs and we are showcasing them on this...
by Eva Murray | Nov 17, 2017 | Blog |
After last week’s smashing results with endless great vizzes and submissions for Makeover Monday, we have another strong week behind us with many excellent visualizations built on a dataset about sustainable public transport in cities around the world. This...
by Eva Murray | Nov 4, 2017 | Blog |
For week 44 I chose a dataset that wasn’t easy but contained geographical data. This was somewhat selfish as I needed to get a few ideas for our upcoming webinar with Mapbox. Seeing what people do with maps helps us create better content in the webinar. I also...
by Eva Murray | Oct 6, 2017 | Blog |
We’re at week 40 and only days away from TC17 and our biggest Makeover Monday live event of the year. Before I board that plane on Saturday morning to make my way to Sin City, there is a recap to write and this week’s Makeover Monday was another great...
by Eva Murray | Sep 22, 2017 | Blog |
For week 38 we challenged the community to analyze and visualize our race data, which we produced on Sunday as Andy ran the Richmond Marathon and I competed at the Sprint Triathlon Age Group World Championship in Rotterdam. This meant the data came out late on Sunday,...
by Eva Murray | Sep 8, 2017 | Blog |
For week 36, we teamed up with Chloe Tseng and #VizForSocialGood in a collaboration with the United Nations SDG Action campaign to visualize survey results for the MyWorld survey looking at people’s perception on the successful (or not) achievement of...
by Eva Murray | Aug 11, 2017 | Blog |
With most of the northern hemisphere enjoying a summer break, you’d think there won’t be much dataviz action going on. The Makeover Monday community is not slacking off. As we reflect on another big week of makeovers, there were numerous impactful vizzes...
by Eva Murray | Jul 28, 2017 | Blog |
One of the fun parts of Makeover Monday is getting to pick a dataset and topic each week. It’s no big secret that I love food and I figured that lots of people do, because we all eat food every day. The topic for this week was ‘How thirsty is your...
by Eva Murray | Jul 14, 2017 | Blog |
Whenever we have data on a topic that’s a bit different from the ‘heavier’ datasets about government debt, employment rates or crime statistics, it can admittedly feel a bit self-indulgent. I like cycling, I like bikes and I like when people conquer...
by Eva Murray | Jul 5, 2017 | Blog |
We are on the road again. Or still. Whichever. But we’re in Berlin and it’s a fun place to be and we ran another #MakeoverMonday live event, held as part of Exasol’s Xperience2017 conference. The session was open to the public and a great opportunity...
by Eva Murray | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog |
Half-way there! Wow we made it to the half-way mark for 2017! 26 makeovers done, 26 to go. We have really enjoyed the past 6 months and it’s been a very successful time for the project and the dataviz community. We’ve welcomed many new participants and...
by Eva Murray | Jun 28, 2017 | Blog |
After running Makeover Monday live events in Sydney, Paris, Amsterdam and London earlier this year, it was time for us to make an appearance in Germany. Yesterday we kicked off a week of ‘German Makeovers’ in Frankfurt, where The Information Lab hosted us...
by Eva Murray | Jun 16, 2017 | Blog |
This week we analysed data from the Tate Collection. Metadata about thousands of paintings and drawings and probably quite a different dataset for the Makeover Monday community. Oh the creativity! What I really liked seeing this week was the amount of...
by Eva Murray | Jun 8, 2017 | Blog |
The much anticipated Tableau Conference on Tour in London happened this week and day one didn’t just feature training and certification exams but also a live Makeover Monday session. Around 40 people gathered at the Box and Whisker Bistro to spend a couple of...
by Eva Murray | Jun 2, 2017 | Blog |
Who doesn’t love a map? For week 22 we looked at global internet users across almost 200 countries. Andy and I both had a fair bit of critique for the original viz and I am very pleased with the numerous great submissions from the community. WELL DONE!...
by Eva Murray | May 23, 2017 | Blog |
The organisers of the Paris Tableau User Group spoke to us a couple of months ago and invited us to host a #MakeoverMonday live event at one of their meetups. A trip to Paris in late spring to talk to fellow Tableau enthusiasts about data and Makeover Monday? Sounds...
by Eva Murray | Apr 7, 2017 | Blog |
During week 14 we looked at job automation and the potential impact of robots and AI on the UK employment market. The original article was sent to us by Nicholas Bignell and provided a lot of background information. I personally thought the topic was quite fascinating...
by Eva Murray | Mar 24, 2017 | Blog |
In a nod to our friends at Saint Joseph’s university in Philadelphia, I picked March Madness data for week 12, highlighting the phenomenon that is US college basketball. The original article focused on the challenges around predicting which teams will feature in...
by Eva Murray | Mar 10, 2017 | Blog |
During week 10 we used SocialBlade’s statistics on the Top 500 YouTube Gaming Channels to improve on their simple table and create vizzes that would convey the information better than the original. There were a number of really good submissions this week and I...
by Eva Murray | Mar 1, 2017 | Blog |
We’re 59 days into the new year and the Makeover Monday project has reached new heights in those first 9 weeks. Not only do we have an astonishing 1,233 vizzes that were submitted since January 1, 2017, but we have also had 359 different authors participating in...
by Eva Murray | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog |
For week 8 of Makeover Monday we looked at the EU potato sector, including harvested production, cultivated areas, yield and prices. Why did I pick data about potatoes? Because I love potatoes. I think they’re the best vegetable in the world and most people at...
