On Wednesday I had the pleasure of attending the annual one day Tapestry Conference for the first time. I was blown away by many things - the nearly equal representation of genders, the quality of thought presented by speakers, and the desire of attendees from many disciplines to experience the day together and improve, question, and share their practice. In an effort to synthesize my notes and reflect further I'm going to share my key takeaways from some of the speakers. While I know these bullets could never replace the richness of experiencing this live with carefully curated examples to enrich the takeaways, I hope that you find your own “aha” moments and questions arise. Lena Groeger News Apps Developer, ProPublica Data doesn't speak for itself - it reflects your thinking. Visualization are not neutral and one design rarely fits all realities. Sometimes it's harmful to reduce individual people to dots. Provide context to your visualization - e.g. f...