Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: The Shrinking Extent of ISIS
Yes, ISIS does receive a lot of attention in the media and during the presidential debates. But you might be surprised to learn that actually the organisation has lost a significant amount of territory lately. This BBC article details the territorial changes through a nice interactive map slider. You could create a single map showing […]
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Gerrymandered Districts
Read on…: Gerrymandered DistrictsWell last night was the debate and it was a doozy. But while I was looking for some graphics capturing the debate itself, I came upon an article over on the Washington Post about gerrymandering. For those that do not know, gerrymandering is when state-level politicians draw the maps for congressional districts to preserve or […]
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The Moon
Read on…: The MoonHappy Friday, everyone. Especially all of you up our Gingrich Moon Base. Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.
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How Similar Are Pennsylvania and Ohio?
Read on…: How Similar Are Pennsylvania and Ohio?At least politically. According to this piece from FiveThirtyEight, maybe not as much as they used to be. From a data visualisation standpoint, what stuck out at me was this plot of correlations of how similar various states are. Basically, the closer to the number 1, the more similar, the closer to 0, the less. […]
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Hurricane Forecast Maps
Read on…: Hurricane Forecast MapsIn moving back to Philadelphia from Chicago, I have forsaken polar vortices for hurricanes and nor’easters. And this current weekend, it appears increasingly likely that the weather will be impacted by Hurricane Matthew, presently tearing its way through the Caribbean. So of course I am following projections and forecasts of just where this storm will […]
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Road to Victory
Read on…: Road to VictoryAmong my recent life changes, I have moved back to Philadelphia from Chicago. That means Sundays the bars and streets are full of people wearing the jerseys of their favourite Eagles (American) football players. And apparently this year, they are off to a good start. FiveThirtyEight took a look at other 3-0 teams to compare […]
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Scoring Boston
Read on…: Scoring BostonApologies for the long layoff, but life threw me a curveball or two. But in that time I did manage to go out to Boston and catch some of Big Papi’s last regular season games with the Red Sox at Fenway Park. Whilst there, I caught an advert for Boston’s new City Score, which updates […]
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Our Nearest Neighbour
Read on…: Our Nearest NeighbourYesterday scientists announced the discovery of a likely rocky planet within the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri, Sol’s (the Sun’s) nearest star. The New York Times covered the discovery with a piece full of nice explanatory graphics. Now if we can only get onto the whole matter–anti-matter warp engine thing we could go explore the […]