Qichun Dai

Day 0

Idea Alone in a coffee shop near Musée d’Orsay yesterday, I was too tired to continue walking in the museum. I started to read a book called Show Your Work! on my Kindle. and I was inspired by the author’s idea of sharing your work as an amateur. Sometimes, amateurs have more to teach usContinue reading “Day 0”

How to Create Pixel Letters in Tableau

Inspired by Ken Flerlage’s amazing 3 posts It’s All About the X & Y, I had an idea to use X and Y points to create pixel letters. I wanted to use every pixel point to represent one day that I lived in a city and all the points together form the name of theContinue reading “How to Create Pixel Letters in Tableau”

From Austin to Amsterdam

On January 16, 2021, I left Austin. After exactly one year, I will start a new career in Amsterdam on January 17, 2022. I am sometimes amazed by life’s coincidences, such as this one. I didn’t get a chance to properly say goodbye to my Austin friends during the pandemic. No parties, no coffee chats,Continue reading “From Austin to Amsterdam”

Thank You for the Music

It has been a long time since I wanted to create a viz about Jason Mraz. And here it is! Probably like most people, I first knew him because of I’m Yours. I was in a summer camp after the most stressful Gaokao exam (The National College Entrance Examination). A girl sang this song inContinue reading “Thank You for the Music”

Calls with mom

I created this data viz on Monther’s Day last year. Recently, I updated it with all the calls in 2020 between my mom and me. Here are some trends you might notice: I used to call my family during weekends, but I started to call my mom daily in March 2020 when the quarantine began.Continue reading “Calls with mom”

Hello, world!

Hi, this is Qichun. In Chinese, it’s written as ‘其纯’. You are welcome to call me Q if you have no idea how to pronounce my name. 🙂 Of course, I am more than happy to teach you how to say it if we can meet in person! In my first post, I would likeContinue reading “Hello, world!”