—start of a short story—

Of course Leang’s jaw hung open, her brows lifted high onto her forehead.

“Carried me home? as in adopted?” still couldn’t quite contain the shock, she clumsily wiped bits of foam off with a tablecloth.

“You’re still my daughter, doesn’t matter whether I carried you home in a car or in my womb.” Keng was equally surprised that she had let it slip so casually. Until this moment, she had almost forgotten about it. She couldn't remember the last time it had been mentioned.

John Burn-Murdoch’s, and FT’s charts on twitter has always impressed me. I first became aware of him during the first pandemic lock down. This post contains notes i made while watching his video at Post PBC channel on Youtube.

TLDR DataViz

1. Text is critical.

2. Bad Chart = confused reader, ease of understanding comes first

3. emotional and political context (aim to be neutral in these 2 senses)

4. stick around, don’t publish and vanish

5. ease of understanding comes first

6. use animation to build and release tension