DVDC @ Rocket Money! Data Viz for Everyone: The No-Code & Pro-Code Perspectives

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Join Data Viz DC for our monthly meetup to talk shop with data viz enthusiasts, meet other data visualization professionals, and learn about data visualization tools, tricks, and jobs. If you're interested in the intersection of Data Science, Visual Design, UI/UX, Art, Psychology, and Business Intelligence, this event is for you.

This is our first event at the Rocket Money offices in Silver Spring, MD-- conveniently located a short walk from the Silver Spring WMATA Red Line stop.

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Agenda

• 5:30-6:15p Food, Networking
• 6:30-6:45p Intro to Data Viz DC & Rocket Money
• 6:30-7:30p Mapping the No-Code Data Viz Landscape - Ross Van der Linde
• 7:30-7:45 Central Repo for Data Viz Inspiration - Austin Anders

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Mapping the No-Code Data Viz Landscape: No-code data visualization tools have exploded in recent years, from powerful desktop platforms to sleek public-facing storytelling tools. But as these tools have evolved, they’ve tended to cluster at opposite ends of a spectrum -- offering either deep analytical power or highly polished presentation, but rarely both. In this talk, Ross van der Linde, founder of Mappica, will trace the evolution of the no-code ecosystem and explore how a new generation of tools can bridge that divide. He’ll walk through real examples and show how new approaches to interactivity, data handling, and layout design can support organizations as they seek to share insights and communicate with clarity.

Central Repo for data visualization
The goal is to provide a crude portal to various data viz inspirational galleries. I will start with a brief comedic intro pretending to let ChatGPT present, but will then step in to introduce myself and provide a brief history leading up to my data career. The history segment will segway into my own challenge with needing viz inspiration and finally showcasing the repo.

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