Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: Native Languages of the World
Today’s post looks at an infographic from the South China Morning Post. The graphic in question looks at languages and how many speak them. Specifically, the graphic narrows the focus down to those native languages spoken by 50+ million people, of which there are 23 spoken by a combined 4.1 billion people out of the […]
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Screening Your Luggage
Read on…: Screening Your LuggageAnother weekend, another weekend trip. This time I’m flying to Philadelphia for a quick trip back home. Naturally, I’m going to pack a suitcase so I can bring some things back to Chicago from civilisation. But what happens to my luggage between my checking it and it being loaded onto the aircraft? Thanks to the […]
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Does Your Hometown Impact Your Odds of Marriage?
Read on…: Does Your Hometown Impact Your Odds of Marriage?Last week we looked at the New York Times piece on where you grew up’s impact on future income. This week, we look at their follow-on piece, how your hometown impacts your odds of getting married. The piece includes some nice interactive choropleth maps, but my favourite part is the scatter plot correlating politics (as […]
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Chase the Unlucky Utley
Read on…: Chase the Unlucky UtleyWe all know that I am a Red Sox fan. But I grew up in Philadelphia, largely before the era where the internet made watching out-of-market games a reality. That means I am quite familiar with my hometown Philadelphia Phillies. And for a good chunk of my life that meant names like Rollins, and Utley […]
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How Your Hometown Impacts Your Future Earnings
Read on…: How Your Hometown Impacts Your Future EarningsToday we have a really interesting piece from the New York Times. In terms of visualisations, we see nothing special nor revolutionary—that is not to say it is not well done. The screenshot below is from the selection of my hometown county, Chester County in Pennsylvania. Where the piece really shines is when you begin […]
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Illustrating a Table
Read on…: Illustrating a TableLet’s face it, lots of people think tables are boring. They convey data very quickly and very efficiently. But they often don’t look “pretty” enough. So, today, I just wanted to show a table from the Washington Post from last week. It does nothing fancy. Nor do the illustrations actually communicate the information more quickly […]