Mission Accomplished
Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: Mission Accomplished
Last weekend the United States and Israel preemptively struck Iran and kicked off a regional war. As I type this Monday morning, the US–Israeli strike forced assassinated the ayatollah and numerous other senior Iranian officials—but this seems to have been anticipated to a degree and the regime quickly retaliated and has delegated roles and responsibilities. […]
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Jumpin’ Juniper
Read on…: Jumpin’ JuniperHappy Friday, all. Baseball is back with Spring Training now in full swing. That means checking in on my Twitter feeds for Red Sox baseball coverage. Sometimes that means seeing content not at all related to baseball. And given yesterday was the day before the weekend, this post stuck with me and now you can […]
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Winter Is Still Here
Read on…: Winter Is Still HereAh, a blizzard. Even if the worst of the storm that recently impacted Philadelphia struck mostly at night, it still left a picturesque mess for the morning. I, however, was struck by some of the maps of the snowfall totals and I figured that would be worth sharing today. What got me started on this […]
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A Little Judgmental
Read on…: A Little JudgmentalEditor’s note: I wrote this Friday afternoon, and then on Saturday afternoon a new BBC article included a graphic similar to my design. I address later on in this post. (I am also my own editor.) Friday’s US Supreme Court ruling struck down President Trump’s tariffs—mostly, not all—as unconstitutional. I had a browser tab up […]
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A Ruff Week
Read on…: A Ruff WeekAfter last Friday’s post went live I headed home, because I received word that in the evening, we would be saying farewell to our family dog of 17 years, Sam. My sister adopted him after his first owners gave him up to a rescue shelter with injuries they could not afford to tend after he […]
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Not the Momma
Read on…: Not the MommaWell, we made it to the weekend once again. Sometimes—often if I’m being honest—I will sit and watch birds hop around on my balcony, chirping to each other for a minute or two before they fly off to destinations unknown. And in the back of my mind I am always thinking, that little guy is […]
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Just a Thought About a Thing That’s Been Nipping at Me
Read on…: Just a Thought About a Thing That’s Been Nipping at MeThe democratisation of design tools ostensibly allows people to create high-quality graphics. But I think we can all admit to ourselves we see a lot of work that…misses its mark. As a general rule, I do not often post work here by untrained designers. My peers and I have the benefit of education and experience […]
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A Matter of Millimetres
Read on…: A Matter of MillimetresWell we have made it to the weekend. And so it is the time to look at the area of men’s genitalia. This week on baseball Twitter the following graphic made the rounds. The graphic itself claims to be from the Times—the original, not the New York version for my American audience—though I have been […]
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Do We Do This Every Year?
Read on…: Do We Do This Every Year?Every year on Groundhog’s Day I feel as if more and more critters crawl up from the Earth to offer their portents of prolonged winter. And every year we look backwards with the fullness of meteorological observations to evaluate the accuracy of these armchair—armburrow?—forecasters. This year, the Philadelphia Inquirer’s required article on the matter included […]
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Aches, Fevers, and Chills, Oh My!
Read on…: Aches, Fevers, and Chills, Oh My!Last week I suffered from the aforetitled and wondered what just might be ailing me. My sore throat woke me up in the middle of the night with intense, sharp pain and reminded me of stories I had read earlier this flu season about “razor blade” sore throat associated with the latest COVID strain, Nimbus. […]