Data visualization is increasingly important as organizations prioritize data-driven decision-making.

Tools that transform complex datasets into intuitive, interpretable visualizations are arguably just as critical as the data itself.

Robert Kassara is a data visualization developer at Observable, which is a platform for creating interactive data visualizations,

and which makes extensive use of the popular D3 JavaScript library. Robert previously worked

at companies, including Salesforce and Teblow, and has deep experience in data visualization

and data visualization tools. He joins the show to talk about modern data visualization

and his work at Observable.

This episode is hosted by Sean Falconer.

Check the show notes for more information on Sean's work

and where to find him. Robert, welcome the show.

Hi, thanks for having me.

Yeah, absolutely.

Thanks for being here.

You know, I worked in information visualization lab, you know, once upon a time.

So it's going to be fun to, I think, revisit this field and maybe

resurface some long-forgotten knowledge that I once had. For sure. Yeah. So I wanted to start

off with a bit of background on you. You know, you were once an academic, but you've, you know,

now made the migration into industry. What motivated that transition and how has that experience

been? Sure, yeah.

So I mean, it's almost like ancient history at this point.

I was a professor at UNC Charlotte many years ago until 2012.

That's when I was doing a sabbatical at Tableau.

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