I love internet experiments. A few weeks ago, The Pudding asked people to contribute frames to a huge flipbook.

Today the results are out!

pudding.cool/projects/flipb…

We've lost the plot with 'design.' Rune Madsen is writing about product design, but I've seen this on so many 'design' teams.

'...a poor man’s version of an anthropology major where the act of design is mostly based on averaging user opinions.'

designsystems.international/ideas/product-…

'These core competences that were inherited from graphic design have been replaced with a poor man’s version of an anthropology major where the act of design is mostly based on averaging user opinions.'
designsystems.international/ideas/product-…

So this piece is now at the top of Hacker News. This experience is always cool and terrifying, especially when they also see all the small things that don't quite work about the piece.

Last week, I published my piece on how childhood adversity shapes our lives. pudding.cool/2024/03/teenag…

One fun detail: The survey asks about height and weight over 20-some years. So I visualized that in the size of the animated people.

Highly recommend reading Alvin Chang daily diary for his recent interactive visual essay! bigcharts.substack.com/p/behind-the-s…

This is a teenager. We’ll call him Alex.
Alvin Chang’s latest story follows Alex — along with hundreds of other teenagers — for the next 24 years until they reach their later 30s.

💻 Interactive version: pudding.cool/2024/03/teenag…

📽️ Video version:
youtube.com/watch?v=fKv1Mi…

new video from Alvin Chang!!!! youtube.com/watch?v=fKv1Mi…

So excited for this The Pudding experiment.

Go to this link, draw a frame, and wait for the final crowd-sourced flip book.

pudding.cool/projects/flipb…

come join my team! the CNN Data + Graphics team is looking for a summer intern (in-person, based in NYC or DC) -- happy to answer questions :)

We listened to 138 performances of the 'Star Spangled Banner' so you don’t have to. Introducing the Diva Score: a way to measure who’s doing the MOST.
pudding.cool/2024/02/anthem…

This is an amazing opportunity for college students and recent grads who are interested in visual storytelling and/or data journalism!

Fentanyl became L.A. County's deadliest drug in 2022, overtaking meth as the leading cause of overdoses and claiming a record 1,910 lives. The epidemic hit Black residents hardest, who make up 8% of L.A.'s population and comprised 21% of deaths. dailynews.com/2023/12/12/fen…

#ACCESSFest23 w/ IRE and NICAR is all about bringing equity to investigative journalism — whether it’s in how we cover marginalized communities or how we increase access to investigative training. To celebrate this, the IRE Board launched a new site:
guides.ire.org

🔎 Go behind the scenes with Alvin Chang on his latest project: bigcharts.substack.com/p/invisible-ep…

👀 And check out the story here: pudding.cool/2023/09/invisi…

This week I published a visual essay about loneliness with The Pudding: pudding.cool/2023/09/invisi…

I wrote about the process of making the story in this post: bigcharts.substack.com/p/invisible-ep…

This is “Martin.”
At 7:20am he watches TV.
At 10:15am he gets groceries.
At noon he eats lunch.
At 5:10pm he watches more TV.
At 8:30pm he goes to bed.
“Martin” lives a pretty isolated life. Find out why this matters in our newest piece by Alvin Chang.
pudding.cool/2023/09/invisi…