Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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The Crane Crash in Mecca
Read on…: The Crane Crash in MeccaSometimes when you are reading something, what you really need is context. Personally, I prefer visual context over textual, but not everybody is so thankfully we can do both. Last week a crane collapsed during inclement weather in Mecca and fell upon the Grand Mosque. I knoew that it was a large crane, but it […]
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The EU’s Migrant Problem
Read on…: The EU’s Migrant ProblemLast week we looked at a map produced by the Washington Post, which detailed the routes chosen by migrants and refugees desiring to reach the European Union. This week, I want to compare that to one from the BBC—there are others, even from the BBC, but we will examine them later—that details the differences in […]
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Jesus and the Footprints
Read on…: Jesus and the FootprintsI’m Irish—my ancestors were from the southern part—and so I grew up Catholic and I went to Catholic schools. So I know some of my Jesus stories. There’s that one story about how at the end of some guy’s life he looks back at a beach—I have no idea what life means being on a […]
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Comparing Elizabeth to Victoria
Read on…: Comparing Elizabeth to VictoriaFollowing on from yesterday’s post about Queen Elizabeth’s timeline as she passed Queen Victoria, today we have another selection from the BBC that compares the reigns of the two queens. Unfortunately, while the screenshot below is okay, the overall graphics and illustrations strike me as a bit too simple and not terribly useful in making […]
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Queen Elizabeth II—Britain’s Longest Reigning Monarch
Read on…: Queen Elizabeth II—Britain’s Longest Reigning MonarchAs of today, Queen Elizabeth is the longest reigning British monarch. She has surpassed the record of the famous Queen Victoria, Elizabeth’s great-great-grandmother at 63 years and seven months. Obviously a lot of things have changed over those 63 years, and in this article the BBC uses a graphic to look at how the world […]
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Europe’s New Migration
Read on…: Europe’s New MigrationI was on holiday for a little bit, so apologies for the lack of content. But, now I am back for a little while. So here’s hoping life gets a bit more settled and content can be published more regularly. Whilst I was on holiday, I only checked the news a few times and most […]
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Living on the Grid
Read on…: Living on the GridToday’s post relates very much to yesterday’s post. But this one is from the New York Times and uses aerial photography to showcase how the Jefferson grid system works in reality after it was implemented as shown yesterday. Credit for the piece goes to the person behind the Instagram account @the.jefferson.grid