Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: Who Gets the Jewellery in the Divorce?
I’m still freaking out over Brexit. So enjoy this Friday with this four-quadrant chart from xkcd. Relevant because of references to the crown jewels of the United Kingdom. Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.
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Critiquing Brexit Results Designs: Part 1
Read on…: Critiquing Brexit Results Designs: Part 1Well a little under two weeks later and here we are: Brexit. I wanted to take a moment in a slightly longer piece and comment on it. Not the results, because no, that I can leave to a pint at the pub. Instead I wanted to comment on this particular results content from the New York Times that I rather admire.…
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European Interconnectedness
Read on…: European InterconnectednessThe United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. Kind of a big deal, right? After the vote, the New York Times put together a piece on just how connected Europe remains. For example, European defence can largely be considered guaranteed through NATO, to which the United Kingdom remains. The screenshot below details which European countries participate in the Schengen Zone and…
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How the Other Britain Would Have Voted
Read on…: How the Other Britain Would Have VotedIt’s Friday, so that means something lighter than the rest of the work this week. So instead of how the UK voted over Brexit—I really will try to get to that next week—let us take a look at how the fictional UK voted over Brexit, courtesy of YouGov. Credit for the piece goes to the YouGov graphics department.
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Brexit and Ireland
Read on…: Brexit and IrelandThis week I really wanted to hold off on commenting about Brexit graphics until things settled down—admittedly thinking Remain would win. Now that Thursday has arrived, I think we can all agree that settling down is not happening and the UK really is leaving the EU. As an Irish American, I grew up with frequent commentary about the Troubles and the…
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Should He Stay or Should He Go: Part 2
Read on…: Should He Stay or Should He Go: Part 2He should probably go. But, how does he go? Well admittedly there are legal questions about whether or not the following process can be kicked off, but presuming it does occur, we have a BBC graphic to explain it. It is a tad long and scrollable, so it does not fit in a single view. Worth heading to the article…
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Should He Stay or Should He Go
Read on…: Should He Stay or Should He GoHe should probably go. And by he, I am referring to Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party in the (dis)United Kingdom. Why? Well, one word: Brexit. And don’t worry, I intend on coming back to that in more detail later. Once somebody somewhere knows just what is going on. But for now, we can enjoy this piece from the…
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Quasi-satellite Asteroid Orbits
Read on…: Quasi-satellite Asteroid OrbitsScientists discovered Earth has a new quasi-satellite. It is an asteroid, and it does not orbit the Earth. But, because of the relationship between its orbit and Earth’s around the sun, it is involved in what NASA described as a dance with Earth. This is not Earth’s only dance partner, however, as we interact with a second asteroid as well.…