Lazy cats – A visual investigation into feline laziness
Do cats really loaf all day? Meet Lily and other 27 cats who took part in a study that tracked their daily behaviour to find out ...
Six things I learned by tracking my plastic waste everyday in 2021
In 2021, I was tired of not being able to do a single shopping without plastic. So I tracked our plastic waste for an entire year to better understand and reduce our footprint. This is what I learned [...]
The best free tools for data viz and data for good
A few months ago I started sharing #ThursdayTools with my team and these might be useful for others too. So here are my top open source, non-code tools for data viz, data for good, charity data, maps, infographics and more [...]
Kneading to relax: exploring lockdown baking trends
With millions confined to their homes, bread making started trending in 2020. Analysing data from Reddit reveals some interesting facts about the sourdough community [...]
Exploring QGIS for visualising maps
I recently left my old job and my team gave me an amazing book with 100 maps of London. Feeling inspired, I wanted to explore some mapping tools for geospatial data. This blog shows some of my experiments using QGIS, an extensive open source desktop software. [...]
Germany’s most popular audio drama in numbers
Die drei ??? (the three investigators) is Germany's most popular audio drama. As a huge fan and data lover, I wanted to explore the show in more detail while also learning some new data science skills. This is what I found [...]
How to better communicate research – learnings from a redesign project
When I started managing the UK Civil Society Almanac - an annual report on the charity sector - the project website and print publication felt outdated and incoherent while the content had almost become a copy and paste exercise. I was tasked with a redesign and this blog summarises what I learned. [...]