William Careri

Introducing VizDex! An ever-growing library of personal and independent blogs and newsletters dedicated to data visualization. vizdexproject.com

📚 100 years ago today, Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends opened up a book to their enchanted Hundred Acre Wood. 🍯 🧸🐝🐰🐷 Read the full extent of their stories from a century ago at the Internet Archive. Courtesy of the #publicdomain.👇 archive.org/details/winn...

It's been one year since I published VizDex. The library has grown from featuring 19 data viz blogs & newsletters to 59; still continuing to expand. Thanks to all contributors! www.vizdexproject.com

The paper is now officially out in the #chi2026 proceedings! You can download the dataset, as well as the autoethnographic memos, as Supplementary Material dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

A lot of us have seen the new photo of Earth, and I want it to serve as a reminder for how powerful such visuals can be. This was a short piece I wrote for Nightingale's fifth issue on nature, highlighting the Earthrise photo and what became after it was released.

Syracuse is named after a classical Greek city known for its practical and artistic ceramics, a city which is now in Italy. When we kill the humanities we kill self-knowledge. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/n...

Libraries are among the few public institutions that represent the kind of world we want to live in. They must be fought for.

While I have stepped down from my day-to-day role of Managing Editor, I look forward to continue being an active editor and contributor in new and similar capacities. Nightingale has been and will continue to be an important part of my career journey and I am thrilled for Teo and this new era!

Granted, it took me ten attempts to do this well. dialed.gg

📊 Behind every data visualization lies a hidden architecture of structural decisions that the viewer may never see. Isobel Parkes explores parallels between the restoration of a Renaissance piece and the digital carpentry required to build documents with D3.js. nightingaledvs.com/the-back-of-...

I joined @chrismaverick.bsky.social on @voxpopcast.bsky.social to talk about the Tommy Westphall Universe, discuss television continuity, and contemplate the absurdity of Scooby Doo crossovers. Give it a listen! voxpopcast.com/wp/2026/02/1...

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Have you met the Wikipede? In another universe, maybe it has been Wikipedia's logo for over two decades. Community members submitted many designs, proposed changes, and debated them openly 🧵⬇️ (1/5)

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My first semester as an adjunct was filled with unexpected realizations, some things I want to bring back in the spring semester, and other things I need to work on. www.wcareri.com/blog/a-retur...

Final grades are in and here marks the end of my first semester as an adjunct professor at Northampton Community College. Ten years after beginning my educational journey here, I have come full circle. www.northampton.edu/news/2025/12...

As we enter the season of Giving Tuesday and end-of-year fundraising campaigns, I have revisited my list of nonprofits I personally donate to and believe others should, too. www.wcareri.com/blog/end-of-... This list is ongoing, so if you have any recommendations, send them my way!

📊 This exhibition shows LA not just as a city of humans, but as a shared habitat where five animal species navigate the urban landscape alongside us. "LA on the Move" by @datavandals.bsky.social transforms ecological data into a fascinating view of city life. nightingaledvs.com/la-on-the-mo...

We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....

Harvesting 1,000+ black walnuts from our property is one of my favorite and purposely least efficient things I do each autumn. www.wcareri.com/blog/efficie...

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

New Jackson+Williams piece is out and holy shit there are some outstanding points in this. Liz and Rua have repeatedly helped my thoughts evolve over the years. This does it again. This one isn't just about how "design for one, extend to all" is limited, but actively censors disabled people.

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

Honored to launch the world’s first MPS in Data Visualization & Communication at SVA NYC—10 months focused on design, data, & communication. Seeking innovators and revolutionaries! for Sept 2026. Learn more/apply: sva.edu/mpsdataviz

My drawn statement on Ai as standalone from my now finished minicomic as syllabus for new liberal studies class! As promised this is shareable, printable - all from my site, feel free to make use of it, cite me & let me know how it’s received. Share away all here! spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...

The statement, "in 100 years no one will know the difference between a booty call and a butt dial and that's why we need historians" (or something like that) has been running through my head all week and damned if this didn't pop up today on @askhistorians.bsky.social.

University admins need to be more afraid of losing the confidence of their faculty than they are of missing out on the next tech fad

“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

my statement on Ai from the mini-comic I'm making as syllabus for a new class I'm teaching this fall. It's simple, but I pretty much said all I have to say on it - it robs you of decisions and struggle - and the joy of being surprised. It robs you of learning...

VizDex mentioned 📊 👀 www.vizdexproject.com

"Front Page of the Internet" throws up a paywall.

"'They’re after the Ivy League institutions, but we’re affected by the same legislation, the same executive orders,' [...]. 'Except it can be worse for us, because our students are more diverse, and they need different kinds of support.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/m...

An update from us here at PBS 💙

🚀 Check out VizDex, a curated library of personal and independent blogs and newsletters dedicated to data visualization — created by @datavizsociety.bsky.social Nightingale's managing editor, Will Careri. Explore here: https://twp.ai/9PUozo

This paragraph by @edzitron.com is everything. www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...

Are you aware that private equity, in addition to destroying numerous other venerable US institutions, is now going after public libraries?

This evening, the Data Visualization Society announced both the departure of its current executive director as well as its financial deficit of $35,000. As the Managing Editor of Nightingale, the Journal of the Data Visualization Society, I have some thoughts. www.wcareri.com/blog/the-wat...

Once again, our application for observer status at WIPO, the UN agency for intellectual property, was blocked by China. This veto excludes a global community of 260,000 contributors and billions of readers from decisions that directly affect them. Read more ➡️ wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/07...

📊 Uncover the unexpected connection between the world of illustrative comics and the precise realm of statistical graphics. Andrew Gelman and Susan Kruglinski reveal the surprising parallel histories of these two powerful forms of visual storytelling. nightingaledvs.com/statistical-...

Has there been a greater fumbling of the bag than streaming services and archives of old films

It's hard to avoid recalling this passage from the English historian Tony Judt:

A Win for Fair Use Is a Win for Libraries: blog.archive.org/2025/06/29/a... What the Anthropic decision means for preservation, access and the future of libraries.

I'm looking for people to send me their favorite #dataviz blogs and newsletters, ideally independent ones not run by companies or organizations. Thanks in advance! 📊

The Phillips TV Test Screen, and what each section means. Images from Wiki

💀 Why are so many new #horror films based on #publicdomain works? 🔪 This #FridayThe13th (fittingly), let’s look at what this slasher surge says about remix culture & the role of the public domain. More ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/06/13/s... #PublicDomainDay #InternetArchive