One Dataset, Many Interpretations

One dataset. A room full of ways to see it.
Join tcplot for One Dataset, Many Interpretations. Everyone gets the same never-before-seen data at the same moment, plus total freedom of tools: D3 or ggplot2, Tableau or Excel, Claude Code or colored pencils. Spend seventy-five minutes building whatever you see in it, then present for a minute if you choose.

How it works:

• Setup: quick intros, work solo or in pairs, and get your tools ready. The dataset stays sealed until the clock starts, so everyone begins from the same blank page.
• Dataset reveal: one clean CSV with a short data dictionary. The challenge is design, not decoding.
• Build (75 minutes): any tool, any medium, any level of interactivity.
• Gallery walk & lightning shares: sixty seconds each: what you found, what you encoded, one decision you'd defend.
• Side by side: the best part: seeing how the same numbers became such different pictures, and asking each other why.

Bring a laptop with your tools installed and working.

Everyone is welcome, from beginners to people with strong opinions about axis label rotation.