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I'm Kathy Chan

Join me on my Data Visualization Learning Journey

A process engineer's venture into
the world of data art and visualization

Mar 26, 2021

Strike a Chord - Top Ukulele Chords

Experimenting with Radial Bar Chart

Have you picked up a new hobby during the pandemic lockdown?

One of the things I start learning during my maternity leave in the middle of the pandemic is: How to play the ukulele?

It had been a source of joy. From learning the basic chords, to how to strum, to how to sing along, it's been wonderful to bring music to the home and to my baby daughter. The journey helped me rediscover the joy of learning something new from scratch. It also reminded me the importance of practice. When encountering something seemingly difficult, it's important not to get overwhelmed and try to breaking difficult tasks into smaller tasks.

For my journey to learn data visualization, I want to start with visualizing information and data that have personal importance to me. I was excited when I found that there is data available on the percentage of times a chord is used in songs. And so I decided to try create a data viz on this topic... ... Read more.

Mar 15, 2021

Playing with Polygons

A Mosaic of the Works of Antoni Gaudí

To improve my design and data visualization skills, I've been reading blogs and exploring data vizzes by other authors. I was captivated by the works of @ShijiaWendy and @rajvivan, particulary by their use of polygons to create some of their data arts and data portraits.

A big fan of M.C. Escher's designs, I was particularly intrigued by how Wendy created a tableau of Escher's work using polygons in Tableau. Inspired, I wanted create a piece to showcase the mosaic of work by one of my favourite architects & structural engineers that I discovered when I was traveling in Barcelona: Antoni Gaudí ... Read more.

Jan 30, 2021

New Year Direction

Learn and Improve Data Visualization Skills

I decided to start by getting involved in a project by Viz for Social Good. With a young baby at home, I had to be intentional with how I allocate my time for this goal. I timeboxed myself to work on the project over 2 weeks ...