Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Pipelines of Consumption
Read on…: Pipelines of ConsumptionIt’s Friday, everybody. Let’s take a bit of a break from the election stuff of this past week and look at the pipelines of your liquid consumption. Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.
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Tracking Super Tuesday
Read on…: Tracking Super TuesdayOn Tuesday I tracked the results primarily with the New York Times and the Washington Post. I really enjoyed the Post’s coverage as they designed a homepage for the night’s results. The results were placed at the centre of the content, as you can see in the screenshot below. Below the map and table, content […]
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GOP Media Time
Read on…: GOP Media TimeWell, Super Tuesday is over. And if you spent last night under a rock, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton cleaned almost enough house to brush away their competition. Almost. The political analysis begins…now. But we will leave that for another day. I liked this one particular chart from FiveThirtyEight’s coverage. We have a nice set […]
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Super Tuesday Time
Read on…: Super Tuesday TimeSuper Tuesday is the first test of an American presidential candidate’s ability to run—and win—a semi-national campaign. Unlike the one-off primaries or caucuses in places like Iowa or New Hampshire, for today, each candidate has had to prepare for votes in 11 states. And these states are as varied as Alabama to Texas to Massachusetts […]
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Cramming People Into Tiny Little Tubes
Read on…: Cramming People Into Tiny Little TubesI was in London for work two weeks ago and our main office is near Farringdon Station, one of the new hubs of London transport when Crossrail goes live later this decade. Earlier this week, Crossrail’s official name was unveiled: Elizabeth Line. Last year, the Economist had an article about ridership of the London Underground […]
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The Zika Virus Potential in the United States
Read on…: The Zika Virus Potential in the United StatesWe hear ever more about the Zika virus that currently plagues South America. But the fact is that the mosquito that carries it could inhabit some regions of the United States as well as the South American tropics. Over at the Daily Viz, there was an article about just what the potential numbers could be. The piece is […]
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Where People Really Want To Go
Read on…: Where People Really Want To GoSorry for the two-week absence, everybody. I travelled to the UK for work and then stayed there and Ireland on holiday. But I have returned, but with the inevitable jet lag waking me up early this morning, I had no reason not to post something. Late last year, the Washington Post published a small article […]