Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: Deconstructing the International Space Station
Gravity was released recently. You know, that film about a station in space that gets hit by something and drama ensues. The Washington Post has this fantastic infographic that illustrates how the station was built over the past 15 years. Scroll down the page and watch the station deconstruct itself into its initial Russian power […]
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How British is Great Britain?
Read on…: How British is Great Britain?Well, you will have to click through to the article for that data visualisation. But, I will provide you with the choropleth map of national identities. That is, how English do citizens in English authorities consider themselves? Scottish in Scotland? Welsh in Wales? Credit for the piece goes to Mark Easton.
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The Republicans Who Support a Clean Budget Resolution
Read on…: The Republicans Who Support a Clean Budget ResolutionYesterday, we looked at the new Conservative Party of America. But those are the votes that John Boehner fears to upset—and possibly fracture his party and cost him his job—if he should let a clean budget resolution come to the floor and should it pass. But why would it pass if it needs 217 votes […]
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The Wars of Tom Clancy’s Universe(s)
Read on…: The Wars of Tom Clancy’s Universe(s)Tom Clancy died this week. Among other novels, he authored the Hunt for Red October, Clear and Present Danger, and Patriot Games—those three were made into movies. So you may very well have heard of the man. Over at Business Insider, they mapped out the Clancy world by colouring those countries against which the United […]
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The US Government Shuts Down
Read on…: The US Government Shuts DownSo the House Republicans’ Tea Party wing added several different non-budget riders centred around the Affordable Care Act (which they have labelled Obamacare) to the budget. And then the whole House Republican caucus passed it despite threats of immediate vetoes from both the Democratic Senate and the White House. The House Republicans have shut down […]