Robert Kosara

@eagereyes@vis.social
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Data Visualization Developer at Observable, formerly Tableau Research. Recovering academic. Runner. ISOTYPE collector. Synth dabbler.
websitehttps://eagereyes.org
YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@eagereyes
Robert KosaraMar 20, 2023
ObservableMar 20, 2023

šŸ§  Join us tomorrow for the final live session of our Data Visualization Fundamentals and Best Practices course led by Data Visualization Developer by @eagereyes

Sign up here: http://ow.ly/Awgg50Nn3jK

Course: Data Visualization Fundamentals and Best Practices

When do you use a bar chart over a line chart? What are area charts good for? What's wrong with pie charts? Learn about how these different types of data visualization work, and how they're used, in Observable's first data visualization course! Attend lectures (or watch them later), ask questions, and once you've completed a small assignment at the end, you'll earn a certificate. What you'll learn With Observable Plot, you can build data visualizations in half the time it takes in other tools. And, weā€™re he

Observable
Robert KosaraMar 13, 2023
ObservableMar 13, 2023

šŸ§  Tomorrow: Part III of our Data Visualization Fundamentals and Best Practices course led by Data Visualization Developer @eagereyes

ā¬‡ļø Sign up below!
http://ow.ly/2puB50NgVJV

Course: Data Visualization Fundamentals and Best Practices

When do you use a bar chart over a line chart? What are area charts good for? What's wrong with pie charts? Learn about how these different types of data visualization work, and how they're used, in Observable's first data visualization course! Attend lectures (or watch them later), ask questions, and once you've completed a small assignment at the end, you'll earn a certificate. What you'll learn With Observable Plot, you can build data visualizations in half the time it takes in other tools. And, weā€™re he

Observable
Robert KosaraMar 12, 2023
Leonhard LassMar 12, 2023
@eagereyes of @observablehq is hosting a free 5 part webinar on #dataviz fundamentals. It's very beginner friendly and the first two parts can already be found on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ1c54Ab-o8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEWjVkQBNfg
March 7th: Course Part 1: Data Visualization Fundamentals and Best Practices - with Robert Kosara

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Robert KosaraMar 6, 2023

I don't get mad about macOS redesigns, and I don't mind the iOS-ification for the most part. But WTF happened to System Settings? Why is everything hidden behind "i" and "Optionsā€¦" buttons? This makes no sense.

Check out the Firewall page, all it contains is an on/off toggle, all the settings live in a sub-window. Why?

Robert KosaraFeb 28, 2023
ObservableFeb 23, 2023

šŸ§  Beginning on March 7th, Data Visualization Developer Robert Kosara @eagereyes will lead Observable's Data Visualization Fundamentals and Best Practices course.

Sign up here: http://ow.ly/CF3F50N0Os0

Course: Data Visualization Fundamentals and Best Practices

When do you use a bar chart over a line chart? What are area charts good for? What's wrong with pie charts? Learn about how these different types of data visualization work, and how they're used, in Observable's first data visualization course! Attend lectures (or watch them later), ask questions, and once you've completed a small assignment at the end, you'll earn a certificate. What you'll learn With Observable Plot, you can build data visualizations in half the time it takes in other tools. And, weā€™re he

Observable
Robert KosaraFeb 25, 2023
I just downloaded "Red's First Flight" (aka the original Angry Birds without the micro-transactions) onto my phone. AMA.
Show threadRobert KosaraFeb 24, 2023

@scheidegger The complication here is that these action cams always stabilize the image, and it was pretty windy overnight. So if it's on the lens, it'll seem to move around, though it'll still smooth out with some averaging I guess.

Next time, I'll also record a dark slide and see if that helps.

Robert KosaraFeb 24, 2023
Robert KosaraFeb 22, 2023

I'm teaching a course on Data Visualization Fundamentals and Best Practices for @observablehq starting March 7. The course is free, all you need is an Observable account (which is incidentally also free!).

Sign up here: http://bit.ly/3ImKeus

Course: Data Visualization Fundamentals and Best Practices

When do you use a bar chart over a line chart? What are area charts good for? What's wrong with pie charts? Learn about how these different types of data visualization work, and how they're used, in Observable's first data visualization course! Attend lectures (or watch them later), ask questions, and once you've completed a small assignment at the end, you'll earn a certificate. What you'll learn With Observable Plot, you can build data visualizations in half the time it takes in other tools. And, weā€™re he

Observable
Show threadRobert KosaraFeb 24, 2023
@scheidegger wow that is very faintā€¦ doesn't really look like a hot pixel, though maybe it gets smeared by the compression or processing. Good catch, now I'm going to be super paranoid about tiny specks in my shotsā€¦ šŸ˜¬
Show threadRobert KosaraFeb 24, 2023

@scheidegger Other than the North Star? šŸ™ƒ I'm not seeing any dots that aren't dust on my screen, but maybe it's just too bright in this room.

Certainly possible that there are stuck pixels, this is just an action camera, and I'm actually amazed that it's doing this well (30s exposures at 800 ISO).