Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: Where in the World Have I Been?
In January 2011, I made a map of counties I had visited in my life. I just rediscovered the file last weekend, and so today I decided to update the map. So below is 2011 and then after is 2015.
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What is the Minimum Wage Worth
Read on…: What is the Minimum Wage WorthThe minimum wage of $15 per hour does not necessarily mean the same thing to everyone all across the country. Based on where one lives, the purchasing power of a dollar might make minimum wage worth more or less than $15. The Pew Research Centre put together a map showing where $15 is worth more […]
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What Time Is It?
Read on…: What Time Is It?North Korea Time! But no, seriously, North Korea announced this past Friday that it is placing itself inside a new time zone. This Washington Post piece has a graphic that looks at just how weird the new time zone is in relation to the rest of the region. Credit for the piece goes to the […]
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Diagramming the Phases of Water
Read on…: Diagramming the Phases of WaterEven when things are funny, I do not always laugh aloud. This xkcd post, however, made me do just that. And for that, it’s going up on the blog as today’s graphic of choice. Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.
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The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Read on…: The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiOn 6 August 1945, the United States dropped one of the only two nuclear weapons used in combat on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. 70 years later, the city has been rebuilt and the war is long since done and over—the atomic bombings playing no small part in changing the Japanese calculus of surrender. But, […]
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Kepler 452b
Read on…: Kepler 452bSo this is sort of a recycled post, in the sense that I talked about it back in April of 2013. But it’s worth revisiting in light of last month’s announcement of Kepler 452b. For those unaware, the planet is a little bit larger than Earth, but is believed to be a potentially rocky planet […]