It’s my favourite part of the month when I get to review what has happened recently on the Observable Dataviz platform. This month, three… — It’s my favourite part of the month when I get to review what has happened recently on the Observable Dataviz platform. This month, three notebooks had very similar engagement as measured by the Twitter analytics of the Trending Notebook Bot. Engagement, Impressions, Likes and Retweets

Welcome to the second monthly summary of what is hot on the Observable Dataviz platform. I write these articles to help myself stay on top… — Welcome to the second monthly summary of what is hot on the Observable Dataviz platform. I write these articles to help myself stay on top of all the good work coming out of Observable. Last month, two notebooks, in particular, did well on the timeline of the trending bot, of…

Welcome to the first edition of a monthly summary of what is hot on the Observable Dataviz platform. There is so much activity it is… — Welcome to the first edition of a monthly summary of what is hot on the Observable Dataviz platform. There is so much activity it is sometimes hard to stay up to date and not miss anything juicy. This newsletter is dedicated to finding the gems. …

It’s the end of 2021, and I would like to reminisce about the amazing work that was produced on Observable over the last year. I have taken… — It’s the end of 2021, and I would like to reminisce about the amazing work that was produced on Observable over the last year. I have taken all the notebooks that were trending from the Top Trending Notebook Twitter Bot and picked 100 good ones. The broad categories apparent in…

Using Observable as the front end for Github Actions is a great way to provide a nice interface without the hassle of hosting anything… — Using Observable as the front end for Github Actions is a great way to provide a nice interface without the hassle of hosting anything. Recently I developed a notebook library that allows authenticated and unauthenticated users to kick off Action workflow via a repository dispatch.

I am 100% convinced Observable is the right way to share computational thought. Sometimes though, it feels like notebooks are only read… — I am 100% convinced Observable is the right way to share computational thought. Sometimes though, it feels like notebooks are only read once during their birth on the page. However, I am happy to report you can create long-lasting content with lots of repeat visitors and it is surprisingly straightforward…

I keep my 200+ public notebooks on the observablehq.com platform running by actively monitoring them with a 3rd party monitoring tool… — I keep my 200+ public notebooks on the observablehq.com platform running by actively monitoring them with a 3rd party monitoring tool uptimerobot. Here is how I got it connected, and how I did it unobtrusively without altering the original notebooks. Broken notebooks are a big problem. I have encountered many…