Alper Sarikaya

I wrote a blog post with my team about our philosophy behind our visualization components that drive Fabric Apps. These components naturally support a11y, value formatting, display names, theming, and interaction! community.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/fbc_fab...

I compiled recommendations for changes to the I-90 detour signage, along the route where a cyclist was killed in Bellevue yesterday morning. Please share, amplify, etc. Further suggestions welcome. tinyurl.com/enatai2026 @seattlebikeblog.com @cascade.org @bvuetrans.bsky.social

I took some time to leave public comment on how we can speed up Vision Zero strategies without being subject to veto power by historical boards. alper.datav.is/blog/2026/09...

https://mcorrell.medium.com/advanced-virtues-visualizations-0140786668c6 hello. here is a blog post about some recent work in data ethics in which i am more polite than usual and don't call for industrial sabotage although perhaps you can read between the lines.

New project! Two influential word lists made by language researchers define an "essential English vocabulary" for learners: one from 1953 and another from 2023. In this essay, Jasmine Nackash examines the differences between them and what that says about us. link: pudding.cool/2026/07/esse...

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📊 Everyone is debating the use (or not) of #GenAI, and the #dataviz community is no exception. My colleagues and I are conducting a survey to understand this moment, and we'd love to hear your thoughts on how this is impacting our field (please share!): survey.au.dk/LinkCollecto...

Job opening at @upshot.nytimes.com Come help us explain the news! We're looking for a visual journalist and graphics developer to report, write, design and code data-driven stories and visualizations. Details here: www.nytco.com/careers/job-...

Every American needs to watch this:

I'm a bit slower writing than I wanted to, but I banged my head over this technical question during the holiday break and I'd figure I'd write this up so I could help at least one other person. Trying to counter all the AI slop articles I ran into while searching... alper.datav.is/blog/2026/01...

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

Mubashir and his family came to the United States as refugees from Ethiopia when he was a child, and they all became naturalized citizens in 2019. Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:

Is the Talaris development in Laurelhurst destined to be completely open space? Just saw that Seattle city council voted to acquire/condemn it for the developer's tax benefit at the tune of costing SPU $9.6M: seattle.legistar.com/LegislationD... (cc @theurbanist.org @typewriteralley.bsky.social)

A new blog post about _that_ new xkcd. Hit me pretty hard, so I wanted to write a bit about it, check it out below. alper.datav.is/blog/2025/12...

Big new blogpost! My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more. --> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful. www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...

Alt text version. Thanks for sharing Harry.

reposting an old blog post because I think it's cool: every red light that I pulled up to while on a bike ride in September 2022. alper.datav.is/blog/2022/09...

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Gmail used to say I had (100+) e-mail messages. Now it says (23,437). 🥲

We're hiring for a senior engineer on the Power BI Core Visuals team! Please apply if you're interested, or let me know if you have any clarifying questions :) jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...

I'm excited to note that we released a feature recently that tries to clarify why certain fields can't be used in field wells and conditional formatting sources while editing a Power BI report. Hopefully it helps report authors :D #powerbi #pbicorevisuals powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/p...

The inaugural Seattle Visualization Day is happening this Friday at UW. I'll be there talking about our intent-driven visualization design that we're working on! More info about the event here: idl.uw.edu/vis-day

With tax day coming up on April 15, we want to make sure our community knows about IRS Direct File. It’s a free option for filing a federal tax return, and you can learn more about it at DirectFile.irs.gov.

Goin' live soon to talk about the Core Visuals roadmap! #powerbi #pbicorevisuals www.youtube.com/live/7g66NQN...

The "trip" reports to the big data vis conference are tricklin' in. Check out Michael Correll's recap below!