The Gamma

Programming tools for
open data-driven storytelling





Tomas Petricek, The Alan Turing Institute
@tomaspetricek | tomasp.net | thegamma.net

In recent years, divergent levels of trust in statistics has become one of the key schisms that have opened up in western liberal democracies.

William Davies, The Guardian, January 2017

Can the result be reproduced?

Can it be understood by non-experts?

Can the reader explore further?

DEMO

Understanding carbon emissions

Language that understands data

Simple programming using dot

DEMO

Visualizing Olympic medals

DEMO

Accounting for democracy

Make facts great again!

Can transparency restore trust?

Between spreadsheets and programming

Open-source and happy to help!

Tomas Petricek, tomas@tomasp.net
@tomaspetricek | @turinginst | thegamma.net