Posts – Mike Talbot

Out of Bounds, On Purpose

Replicating matplotlib’s extended colorbars in R with legendry

data-visualization

science-communication

I felt the need to include this brief preamble for one reason:¹ to acknowledge that data visualization is often (but not always) more art than science. I’ll probably have…

In Defense of the Acre-Foot

A meditation on the proper use of units for communicating science

science-communication

Let me start by asking a simple question: is it easier for you to visualize, in your mind’s eye, a million gallons of water or an Olympic swimming pool? Or for you cynics…