Notes on visualization, user experience, and data tools by Danyel Fisher.https://danyelfisher.info/https://danyelfisher.info/blog/2026/the-clock-isnt-a-feeling-prototyping-with-ai-real-data-and-a-deadline/https://danyelfisher.info/blog/2026/the-clock-isnt-a-feeling-prototyping-with-ai-real-data-and-a-deadline/How Sketching with Data changes in the AI eraMon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://danyelfisher.info/blog/2025/when-just-claude-it-isnt-enough-hyperparam-beats-bespoke-scripts-for-data-exploration/https://danyelfisher.info/blog/2025/when-just-claude-it-isnt-enough-hyperparam-beats-bespoke-scripts-for-data-exploration/Hyperparam is a great way to rapidly clean and transform a large dataset.Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://danyelfisher.info/blog/2025/the-most-useless-visualization-the-degree-degree-map/https://danyelfisher.info/blog/2025/the-most-useless-visualization-the-degree-degree-map/Basking in 68 degrees at 68 degrees.Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://danyelfisher.info/blog/2024/designing-for-genres/https://danyelfisher.info/blog/2024/designing-for-genres/The last few entries in this blog introduced the concept of “genre” as a way to frame visualization.Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://danyelfisher.info/blog/2024/visualization-genres-past-the-big-three/https://danyelfisher.info/blog/2024/visualization-genres-past-the-big-three/In the last few blog entries, I’ve talked about a few major genres of visualization – exploration, presentation, and monitoring.Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://danyelfisher.info/blog/2024/visualization-genres-monitoring-and-dashboards/https://danyelfisher.info/blog/2024/visualization-genres-monitoring-and-dashboards/We’ve talked about exploration – learning new things about your data; and we’ve talked about presentation – teaching other people things about data.Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://danyelfisher.info/blog/2024/visualization-genres-presentation-1-nx2yy/https://danyelfisher.info/blog/2024/visualization-genres-presentation-1-nx2yy/In the last entries, I introduced three genres of visualizations.Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://danyelfisher.info/blog/2024/visualization-genres-exploration/https://danyelfisher.info/blog/2024/visualization-genres-exploration/In the last entry, I introduced three genres of visualization – presentation, exploration, and monitoring.Mon, 08 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://danyelfisher.info/blog/2024/understanding-visualization-genres-introduction/https://danyelfisher.info/blog/2024/understanding-visualization-genres-introduction/Forgive me: this is a bit of a rant.Sun, 30 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://danyelfisher.info/blog/2024/accelerate-product-adoption-with-the-diffusion-of-innovations/https://danyelfisher.info/blog/2024/accelerate-product-adoption-with-the-diffusion-of-innovations/In my last entry, I talked about how I used “Capability Maturity Models” to better make sense of interview results.Mon, 04 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://danyelfisher.info/blog/2024/making-sense-of-automation-with-cmms/https://danyelfisher.info/blog/2024/making-sense-of-automation-with-cmms/Ever spent hours talking to users, only to end up feeling you've got nothing but a bigger pile of information?Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://danyelfisher.info/blog/2024/how-to-ask-the-right-question/https://danyelfisher.info/blog/2024/how-to-ask-the-right-question/Have you ever wrapped up a user interview feeling like you didn't really learn what you needed?Mon, 19 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://danyelfisher.info/blog/2023/ushering-into-production/https://danyelfisher.info/blog/2023/ushering-into-production/In my entry on “Measure, Design, Try,” I talked about the prototyping process: how we get from data, users, and an interesting problem into a workable prototype.Mon, 06 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://danyelfisher.info/blog/2023/measure-design-try-on-building-new-things/https://danyelfisher.info/blog/2023/measure-design-try-on-building-new-things/My passion is helping users make sense of data - at every stage from ingestion and processing, through analysis, and (especially) exploration and visualization.Thu, 05 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://danyelfisher.info/blog/2023/a-honeycomb-story-five-different-kinds-of-bar-charts/https://danyelfisher.info/blog/2023/a-honeycomb-story-five-different-kinds-of-bar-charts/This blog entry continues my discussion of Designing With Data.Tue, 18 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://danyelfisher.info/blog/2023/designing-with-data/https://danyelfisher.info/blog/2023/designing-with-data/It happened again, just a few weeks ago.Sun, 16 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT