Examining How We Measure Our Lives

Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation

Growth of the Common Core Standard

Jun 9, 2014

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Brendan Barry

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Today’s piece is a timeline-driven piece from the Washington Post. It looks at the success the Gates Foundation has had in pushing its Common Core standards as an educational standard across the country. Credit for the piece goes to Darla Cameron, Ted Mellnik, and Cristina Rivero.
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Viewing the Economy All at Once

Jun 6, 2014

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Brendan Barry

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Normally I try to reserve Fridays for the lighter stuff. But yesterday, the New York Times published a really fantastic piece about how the Great Recession changed the American economy through job growth or loss in each sector of the economy. Naturally this sounds very difficult because the American economy is both very large and […]
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More World Cup Predictions

Jun 5, 2014

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Brendan Barry

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Earlier this week we looked at how Bloomberg was doing predictions and odds for the World Cup. Today we look at the Economist’s go. It uses something called the probability circle. It lacks the depth of Bloomberg’s piece, but from a design angle does play off the shape of the soccer ball and not in […]
Read on…: More World Cup Predictions
Mass Shootings in the United States

Jun 4, 2014

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Brendan Barry

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America loves its gun. The big draw of this piece from the Washington Post is the illustration of the guns used in the mass shootings and whether each was legally or illegally acquired. But more interesting from a data visualisation standpoint are the charts below. They show the numbers of killers, victims, and then the demographics […]
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Carbon Emissions

Jun 3, 2014

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Brendan Barry

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President Obama announced new regulations to be enforced by the EPA that aim to reduce carbon emissions. Principally, the expected reduction will come through state-by-state measures to meet new federally mandated targets. Each state will have the ability to find different means of achieving the cuts, e.g. building more solar plants or nuclear plants or […]
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Predicting the World Cup Winners

Jun 2, 2014

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Brendan Barry

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The World Cup is starting soon and that means predictions are also on their way. And snazzy graphics. Today’s snazzy graphic with predictions comes from Bloomberg. They have host Brazil winning the overall tournament. And if you want to investigate the matches further, you can do that by clicking on the match. Credit for the […]
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Sppeling Wrds

May 30, 2014

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Brendan Barry

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To day’s post comes frm teh Washington Post. It luuks at how esy it is to sppel eesy wrds wrong. But aparently I’s can spel wrds. Note teh way wrds speled wrng are coloured by frekwency. Cridet fr eht peice goes 2 Emily Chow and Kat Downs.
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Where Nobody Lives

May 29, 2014

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Brendan Barry

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Nik Freeman took US Census blocks that had zero population and created a map with them. In essence, he highlighted where we do not live. Credit for the piece goes to Nik Freeman.
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Massimo Vignelli Dies

May 28, 2014

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Brendan Barry

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Massimo Vignelli died yesterday at the age of 83. Fastco has a much better article than I think I could read, this image is from their piece but is of Vignelli’s transit map for New York. I wrote about an interactive piece several years back that allowed you to compare Vignelli’s map to the new […]
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Europe Votes

May 27, 2014

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Brendan Barry

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Sunday (and a few days preceding it) was election day in the European Union for the European Parliament. Unfortunately it was also a banner day for the far-right parties. In France the National Front (FN) took the top slot and in the United Kingdom that went to the UK Independence Party (UKIP). This graphic from […]
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