Category: Infographic

  • Get Ready Folks

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    Brendan Barry
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    Well have we got an interesting week this week. Friday begins Trump Time. So hold onto your Twitter accounts, folks. But before we get there, I wanted to do a short week of some data-driven graphics that take a look at the state of things. Instead of what I had intended for today, let us…

  • Piece, Larsen C

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    Brendan Barry
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    When I was in high school in 2002, it was big news when one of the three Larsen ice shelves in Antarctica, Larsen B, collapsed. And then when I was at university, the band British Sea Power wrote a song titled “Oh Larsen B” that I have always enjoyed. Now Larsen B was not the first…

  • All the Eggs

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    Brendan Barry
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    We made it to Friday, everyone. Huzzah. This is based off absolutely one of my favourite infographics out there—Charles Joseph Minard’s map of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia. For those unfamiliar with it, he tracks the size of the French army as it invades Russia and gets thinned out along the way. Yes, some are to…

  • How Did Obamacare Change Our Healthcare?

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    Brendan Barry
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    We are counting down the days until President Obama steps aside. And shortly thereafter his signature work, the Affordable Care Act, may be repealed. But looking back, what is the legacy of the first few years under Obamacare? Besides the obvious death panels, of course. Well FiveThirtyEight took a look. And in this graphic, we…

  • Diversity in the 115th Congress

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    Brendan Barry
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    Well, we have arrived at 2017. We all know the big political story in the executive branch. But we also saw elections in the legislative branch. But how different will the 115th Congress look from the 114th? The Wall Street Journal took a look at that in an article. The article’s graphic does a nice…

  • Philadelphia’s Growth Since the 1940s

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    Brendan Barry
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    I stumbled upon this article last night on philly.curbed.com that takes a look at the growth and slowdown in said growth in Philadelphia. For the purposes of this blog, that included an animated .gif that showed the expansion in the metro area since the 1940s. My quibble with the piece is that the lighter blue…

  • The Trump Organisation Organisation Chart

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    Brendan Barry
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    Well Christmas is over so now for some of us, it’s time to go back to work. Those of you enjoying your time off through the new year, well…enjoy it. Today’s piece is from the New York Times and explores the structure of Donald Trump’s organisation. A second graphic within the piece then details just…

  • The United States of Blank

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    Brendan Barry
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    Well, you made it to the Christmas holidays. First, some housekeeping, my posting next week might be a bit sporadic. Not that it hasn’t been sporadic the last few months. Second, it’s a Friday, so let’s take a look at that federal republic of states we talked about yesterday. According to xkcd, of course. Credit…

  • The Federal Funds Rate

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    Brendan Barry
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    In my new role as data visualisation manager at the Philadelphia Federal Reserve, I am learning a lot about what the Fed does and how it does it. Needless to say, this piece from Bloomberg interested me as it displayed how the federal funds rate has changed over time. What I really enjoy is how…

  • Three Months Out

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    Brendan Barry
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    Three months ago today I moved out of Chicago and began making my way to Philadelphia. This post from xkcd seemed appropriate for the day. Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.