https://jaidevd.com/tags/dataviz/ Recent content in Dataviz on Jaidev's Blog Hugo en-us Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:20:04 +0530 https://jaidevd.com/posts/plotcaptions/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:20:04 +0530 https://jaidevd.com/posts/plotcaptions/ <img class="article-image" src="https://jaidevd.com/posts/plotcaptions/snoopy-sherlock.png" alt="The Data Detective"> <p>I&rsquo;ve always been interested in how we narrate visual analytics. The hardest task in dataviz is not analysis or visualization, but figuring out what to <em>say</em> about it. I used to believe that a well designed chart does not need a narration. That may be valid, but over the years I&rsquo;ve realized that it is the narrative that turns something that is merely pretty and insightful into something that is viral. Imagine one of Hans Rosling&rsquo;s talks without him in the picture.</p> https://jaidevd.com/posts/bookshelf/ Thu, 27 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://jaidevd.com/posts/bookshelf/ <p>I have recently moved from Pune to Delhi. I had spent only a year in Pune, having moved there from Mumbai, where I lived for three years. Whenever I move, the bulk of my luggage consists of books and clothes. My stay in Pune was just a transition, so I never bothered to unpack and store all my stuff too carefully. Thus, a corner of my bedroom in my Pune apartment always looked like this: <img class="article-image" src="https://jaidevd.com/posts/bookshelf/before.jpg" alt="My first image"> </p>