Since it's customary here, I would like to introduce myself and the work I do.
This is the main side project I've been working on the past few years. The Data Visualisation Catalogue is a library of different data visualisation methods (AKA charts) and is a resource useful for anyone who works a lot with data.
If you've never heard of "data visualization" before, then let me explain: Data visualization is the art and practice of presenting and visually communicating abstract information. So that can be numbers, concepts or network connections. If you interested to find out more then please visit my website:
I'll be using this account to post both work related to my project and also to anything related to data visualization and design. As far as I can tell, there isn't really a data visualization (or "dataviz") community on here, so I can try to make a start of it.
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Recently, I've been looking into exploring alternative forms of monetisation, particularly with cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. I discovered Steemit and DTube and thought I'd give them a go and see if they work well for me. I'm already on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Minds, but I'm a bit worried with the direction many of the mainstream social media platforms are going in.
I got involved in the cryptocurrency world back in 2013, where I got myself some Bitcoin and got into the Feathercoin community where I helped produce some graphics and redesign one the website's iterations. However, because of major life changes in the following year, I feel out of the loop with crypto. But now with a lot of the interesting technologies that are coming out from the blockchain technology (like this platform) my involvement has been re-sparked.
It'll be interesting to see what the future and evolution of content production will be and how producers can be better incentivised and sustained through new technologies.
