Welcome back! It's been a while, and I've had quite a busy summer!
I'm back now and excited to be working on new projects both at work and for myself. Two of my main side-projects right now are related to teaching, which I'm really enjoying. I'm still developing my upcoming course on data visualization design, having almost finished writing the lectures now.
The second teaching project is my previously-mentioned data visualization membership program with Alli Torban, Duncan Geere and Gabrielle Merite. We launched the beta phase this week and I'm really proud of what we pulled together: the site looks amazing and we've already got heaps of great content! If you wanted to be a part of the beta, and you filled out our survey, then you should have an email in your inbox telling you how to sign up. If you don’t, or you wanted to join but missed the boat before, then hit reply to this email and I’ll sort you out.
In June I spent about two weeks in Cape Cod, vacationing with my family. It was peaceful, relaxing, and beautiful as always (see evidence below).
After that I had a whirlwind of work in July while we were short-staffed at Axios, but luckily we've just been joined by three brilliant new dataviz journalists, and have another one coming soon, meaning our team more than doubled in just a few weeks. But we're not done yet, soon we'll be posting roles for two more dataviz positions at Axios. The first is for someone who loves data visualization and has subject matter expertise in the world of business/finance/economics. The second is for someone who is a sort of illustration/dataviz/infographics hybrid: this person will work mostly in illustrator, photoshop, or just with pen and paper. For both of these positions, knowing javascript/D3 is not a requirement! If you know someone who might be interested (that includes yourself) please reach out and let me know.
August was perhaps my busiest month of all, because I got married!! I've been living with my partner for around 8 years now, so this wasn't exactly a surprise, but it was a long time coming. We had a small ceremony with close friends and family back in State College, PA, where I grew up. The wedding was beautiful, and we're so glad to now be husband and husband.
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜