Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Sailing Through Southeast Asian Waters
Read on…: Sailing Through Southeast Asian WatersToday the US sent a guided missile destroyer through what China claims—but few recognise as—its sovereign territory, twelve nautical miles off the coast of semi-artificial islands. This piece from Quartz illustrates just some of the overlapping claims of the Spratley Islands. In the end, nothing happened to the destroyer as China did not counter it […]
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English Votes for English Laws
Read on…: English Votes for English LawsLast week the British government announced plans to solve the West Lothian Question that centres on devolution parity for England. Many legislative powers have been devolved from London and given to the regional parliaments in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. And on the one hand that is great as the national parliament no longer tells […]
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Helvetica vs. Arial
Read on…: Helvetica vs. ArialToday’s post comes via a friend. We look at a video comparing the details of two typefaces: Helvetica vs. Arial. Happy Friday, everybody. Credit for the piece goes to Charles Cultrara.
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McDonald’s All-day Breakfast
Read on…: McDonald’s All-day BreakfastI don’t know about you, but I have seen a lot of those all-day breakfast bags sitting about the city of Chicago the last few days. (That they are not in waste bins is a different story.) CBS took a look at where the biscuit vs. McMuffin offering is available in the US—hint, not Chicago—and […]
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Pumpkin Spice Friday
Read on…: Pumpkin Spice FridayIt’s Friday. It’s October. That means it’s time for pumpkin spice cocktails, courtesy of This Is Indexed. Gentrify, people. Gentrify. Credit for the piece goes to Jessica Hagy.