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Also, I've made a few word games that aren't as good as Anigrams, but I'm still proud of them https://observablehq.com/@a-lexwein/find-a-big-word-in-a-directed-graph?collection=@a-lexwein/find-a-big-word
Find a Big Word in a Directed Graph

The graph below forms a big word. An arrow connects the first letter to the second. The second letter has an arrow to the third, and so on. Each arrow is used exactly once. There is no winning or losing. The objective is to find big words.

Observable
If you need to scratch your word game itch during the nyt strike, I've been super into
https://anigrams.us/
Anigrams

A daily word game

๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿฆ’๐Ÿฌ Anigrams ๐Ÿฆœ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ
posting on vis.social about a DVS Slack thread about a twitter thread that started with a self-QT of a subtweet about pie charts.

RT @[email protected]

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๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ”—: https://twitter.com/jagarikin/status/1593771091738374144

ใ˜ใ‚ƒใŒใ‚Šใใ‚“ (@jagarikin) on X

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Trader Joe's Thanksgiving-flavored potato chips

Marvel Snap digital card came

"Easy" by Plains

I always get a little thrill when I join a table to itself

I guess I'll come back to vis.social! Since the last time I've posted, I made a few little, unpolished word games.

https://observablehq.com/collection/@a-lexwein/find-a-big-word

Find a Big Word

little games with big words

Observable

RT @[email protected]

Please join us for the virtual launch of Data Visualization In Society, an open access book edited by Martin Engebretsen and Helen Kennedy, and published by Amsterdam University Press. The launch will take place online on Wednesday 6th May at 4pm UK time. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-visualization-in-society-virtual-book-launch-tickets-103336759028

๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ”—: https://twitter.com/arranarranarran/status/1255489742042521607

Data Visualization In Society: Virtual Book Launch

Please join us for the virtual launch of Data Visualization In Society, an open access book edited by Martin Engebretsen and Helen Kennedy.

I've really enjoyed lurking on the Future of Coding slack (ever since discovering the FoC Podcast over the summer). I feel like an interloper on the conversation, but when there was a need/request for better data viz, I spent an evening trying to wrangle data with javascript: https://observablehq.com/@a-lexwein/what-future-of-coding-topics-interest-you-most
What Future of Coding topics interest you most?

An Observable notebook by Alex Wein.

@vanderZwan yeah, it's hard to imagine extending it beyond two properties, but for the prototypical venn diagram, it *could* work....easier to compare area values than a venn with semantically scaled areas, at least. But it's probably more neat than useful.