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https://github.com/curran/curran
Portfolio site for Curran's data visualization work
https://github.com/curran/curran
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Portfolio site for Curran's data visualization work
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/curran/curran
- Owner: curran
- Created: 2024-07-01T16:49:36.000Z (6 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-07-25T18:54:34.000Z (6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-15T11:07:22.731Z (3 months ago)
- Size: 144 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 2
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
## Hi, I'm Curran š
[](https://vizhub.com/curran/black-and-white-nested-circles)
[book an intro call now!](https://calendly.com/curran-kelleher/casual)
[Resume](https://curran.github.io/portfolio/Resume.pdf) | [X](https://x.com/currankelleher) | [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/currankelleher/) | [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@currankelleher) | [VizHub](https://vizhub.com/curran)
- š Iām currently working on [VizHub](https://vizhub.com/) (dataviz platform), [Constructing Visualizations](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZhWCO-bDek&list=PL9yYRbwpkykthTFJl9vYr_C0FCjRIn_7G) (dataviz course and textbook), and various client services projects (also wanting to buy a house and need a full time job to do that)
- š± Iām currently learning about SaaS business and researching the needs of the data visualization market
- šÆ Iām looking to collaborate on [VZCode](https://github.com/vizhub-core/vzcode) (VizHub's open source collaborative code editing environment) and client projects
- š¤ Iām looking for help with finding new clients and/or a great full time role
- š¬ Ask me about dataviz, frontend, JavaScript
- š« How to reach me: [email protected], or [schedule an intro call now!](https://calendly.com/curran-kelleher/casual)
- ā” Fun fact: I play guitar, speak German, lived in India for 5 years, I'm into meditation, and I'm a vegan bodybuilder
## Interviews & Podcasts
* [March 3032 / Data Visualization Society Fireside Chat about D3 and Data Visualization with Nadieh Bremer, Zan Armstrong, and Curran Kelleher](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVT3sCWVPXQ)
* [November 2023 / Quincy Larson Podcast: Data Visualization with Dr. Curran Kelleher](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/podcast-data-visualization-curran-kelleher/)
## Notable Projects
Unfortunately much of my work is bound by client confidentiality, but here are some public projects I can share!
### Free Courses (2018 - present)
* [Constructing Visualizations (2024)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZhWCO-bDek&list=PL9yYRbwpkykthTFJl9vYr_C0FCjRIn_7G) The latest version of my course, using D3 and Vanilla JavaScript.
* [Data Visualization with D3 ā Full Course for Beginners (2022)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkBheRZTkaw) - 19.5 hours of lecture videos released via FreeCodeCamp, based on my course material for the graduate data visualization course I teach at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
* [Get it Right in Black & White (2021)](https://vizhub.com/forum/t/get-it-right-in-black-white-index/110) - A livestreamed course covering fundamentals with SVG and D3.
* [Data Visualization with D3.js - Full Tutorial Course 2019](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8V5o2UHG0E) - 13 hours of course material from my 2018 course. See also [Data Visualization Course 2018](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8V5o2UHG0E)
### VizHub and VZCode (2018 - present)
https://vizhub.com/curran
Here's some of my work in VizHub, a dataviz platform I started in 2018 to help teach courses and continue to maintain and grow as a SaaS business for professionals. The code editor in VizHub is the open source project [VZCode](https://github.com/vizhub-core/vzcode).
Here are some videos about VizHub:
* [Introduction to VizHub](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOe5KL7t6VU&t=2s)
* [VizHub as Dataviz CMS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYTjcbfkdvk)
* [Using Packages in VizHub](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKk2fEmRR_s)
### Open Source Side Projects (2024)
#### [Population Density by World Cities](https://vizhub.com/curran/population-density-by-world-cities)
[](https://vizhub.com/curran/population-density-by-world-cities)
A contour map visualization of population density across the
world, estimated based on populations of large cities.
Features panning & zooming, and a label placement algorithm
that uses an R-Tree spatial index to avoid overlaps.
#### [DBPedia Ontology Viz](https://vizhub.com/curran/dbpedia-ontology-viz)
[](https://vizhub.com/curran/dbpedia-ontology-viz)
A circle pack visualization of a subset of the DBPedia
ontology, a hierarchical taxonomy of classes that categorize
Wikipedia articles. Features panning and zooming, color
pased on depth, and gradients that make the circles look
like 3D spheres. Clicking on a circle will take you to a
list of all Wikipedia articles about the topic.
### Kendeda Virtual Garden (2023)
https://virtualgarden.kendedafund.org/
I collaborated with the amazing team at [Graphicacy](https://graphicacy.com/) to visualize grant disbursements of the [Kendeda Fund](https://kendedafund.org/) using a playful and creative visual metaphor of plants.
### Hope Underwater (2023)
https://hopeunderwater.com/
I worked on this project with the great folks at [Room 302 Studio](https://room302.studio/) to develop this globe-based visualization of coral reefs for the [Wildlife Conservation Society](https://www.wcs.org/).
### Supplier Diversity (2022)
https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/expand-diversity-among-your-suppliers-and-add-value-to-your-organization
I also had the opportunity to work on this visualization of supplier diversity, which has some fun multidimensional filtering.
### Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Navigator (2022)
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-sector/our-insights/bil-navigator
During my time at McKinsey I got to collaborate with an amazing team on this fairly novel visualization of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
### Facebook COVID-19 Mobility Dashboard (2020)
https://stamen.com/work/facebook-covid-19-mobility/
I also got to work on this epic Covid-19 Mobility Dashboard within an amazing team at Stamen. There are some really neat interactions in here - drill down, linked highlighting on hover, breadcrumbs, and more!
### Max Planck Superdiversity (2018)
https://stamen.com/work/superdiversity/
I worked on this awesome Sankey visualization with the amazing team at
[@stamen](https://x.com/stamen)
back in 2018, as part of a larger academic research project on visualizing "superdiversity" in select cities.
### UNHCR Streamgraph Explorer (2017)
https://github.com/unhcr/dataviz-streamgraph-explorer
Here's an open source piece I did for UNHCR visualizing refugees over time.
### Campaign Finance Institute Law Database (2017)
https://cfinst.github.io/
The CFI Law Database visualization shows campaign finance law in the US over time. This was my first consulting project ever, and was a great learning opportunity. This project was done in close collaboration with [Seemant Kuleen](https://seemantk.com/).
## Testimonials
Here are some things folks have to say about me:
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**Logan Williams**
*Data science lead at Bellingcat*
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/logan-williams-5957b229/)
> "Curran is the most systematic thinker of data visualizations that I have met ā his perspective will change the way you think about representing data and give you practical tools for exploring your ideas."
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**Andy Davies**
*Design Principal, The London Stock Exchange*
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adsevenfour/)
> "Curran has a wonderful, enthusiastic, optimistic and dedicated approach to everything he does which is infectious. He is incredibly knowledgable - probably underplaying his capabilities - in all things based around front end dataviz development. Always keen to experiment and explore new ways of working with the wider team creating an inclusive and collaborative environment which is sometimes lacking from wider project / product teams.
>
> Curran is also one of the best teachers I have had in terms of explaining front end complexity. He has a natural ability to match your level of knowledge and then work with you to understand the nuances that just make something click. I learnt I lot in our time together, even recording training sessions where I could ask questions, not really understand, but play back later.
>
> It was honestly a pleasure to work with him and I can't recommend him highly enough. I'll also add my total collaboration was remote and in different timezones, making this doubly impressive. On the occasion we did meet, it was like meeting an old friend.
> Just hire him / work with him / get on a call with him, you'll see."
---
**Mike Ahern**
*Director, Academic & Corporate Engagement + Adjunct Instructor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute*
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-ahern-85951a56/)
> "Curran Kelleher has taught graduate level courses in data visualization. He can produce great work and teach others to do so too!"
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**Louis Parizeau**
*Co-Founder, Highgate Analytics*
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-parizeau-6b0510156/)
> "Curran quickly understood my complex codebase, and was able to fix many of my visualization's bugs that I couldn't find solutions for online. Additionally, he gave specific, best-practice advice to improve the load time, UI responsiveness, and maintainability of my D3 implementation. Curran was great to work with and I would 100% recommend him to anyone stuck with D3 bugs, or looking to refactor their code to follow best practices."
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**Lucio Biase**
*Founder, Thunnus Tech*
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucio-biase/)
> "Curran is experienced, creative, humorous and very knowledgeable. We needed to jumpstart our development of the manipulation of data visualization and he was one of three experts we could find globally. Tired of iterations and delays flew up to sit with him. He was initially incredulous of having a new client look over his shoulder for a week but true to character he was open minded. Strangers became colleagues and became fast friends, the week flew by and not only was the work product fantastic so was his openness and willingness to empower our tech team."
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**Ben Brophy**
*Web Developer at Ninety | Former HubSpot*
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-brophy/)
> "Curran is a data visualization wizard - just check out his body of work! He taught me everything I know about D3 and data viz."