Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Where to Catch Foul Balls
Read on…: Where to Catch Foul BallsAs we established yesterday, baseball is rumbling back to life with Spring Training. That means it is time to start buying tickets for games. But if, like me, you have never caught a foul ball or home run, you may want to sit in a location where you can optimise your chances. Where is that? […]
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He’s dead, Jim.
Read on…: He’s dead, Jim.For those of you living beneath a Taurusan boulder, Leonard Nimoy died last week. He is perhaps best known—at least to me—for his role of Spock in Star Trek. Clearly your author is too young to have ever watched Star Trek during its original run. Instead, I belong to the next generation of Star Trek […]
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Understanding Genealogy
Read on…: Understanding GenealogyI came upon this piece a little while ago and realised that it in some ways paralleled my own interest in genealogy. Basically the story comes down to realising that you probably only know a mere fraction of the stories behind all the people who led up to you. To put in another context: “you’re […]
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Wars Are Bad, But Not as Bad as They Used To Be
Read on…: Wars Are Bad, But Not as Bad as They Used To BeWar is bad for the population business—arguably good for business business. A year ago, the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies released a .pdf that looked at peace and conflict and their respective drivers. The designers clumsily pieced everything together so that the sum is less than the constituent parts. But, if you isolate each piece […]
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Ukraine Retreats from Debaltseve
Read on…: Ukraine Retreats from DebaltseveThis is a short piece—it is only really an inline map—but it illustrates fairly well why Ukraine’s loss of Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine last week is kind of a big deal. Basically, the now mostly abandoned city is a transport hub linking the two quasi capitals of the Novorossiya. Credit for the piece goes to […]
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Screw It
Read on…: Screw ItWe looked at some pretty disturbing things this week, from the whole anti-vaccination thing to lynchings. So today, screw it. Let’s look at screws. Thanks to xkcd we have an illustrated guide to the different type of screw heads. Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.