Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Riding the Rails
Read on…: Riding the RailsA little while ago the Washington Post published this graphic on Metro ridership. But not just anybody’s ridership, that of the individuals who sit on the DC transit agency’s board. After all, should not those overseeing Washington’s transit agency be intimately familiar with the conditions faced by DC commuters? The graphic is a really nice […]
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The Best and Worst States for [Insert Topic]
Read on…: The Best and Worst States for [Insert Topic]It’s Friday, and mercifully this is a Friday before a three-day weekend. (For all of those who, like me, have a day off coming up on Monday.) So before everyone starts travelling to places here and there and everywhere in between, you best check this series of maps. Why? Because Business Insider has polled us, […]
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When it Rains…
Read on…: When it Rains…Today’s interactive piece comes from Axis Philly and it looks at the total amount of rainfall in Philadelphia (1990–2013) to find both which months and what time of day receive the most rainfall. As it turns out, evenings in the summer months receive the most rainfall. And since 1990, the most rain has fallen between […]
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Syria Crisis
Read on…: Syria CrisisI did not have quite enough time to develop this piece to what I wanted, but for now it will have to suffice. I wanted to look at the situation in Syria, but I only had time to outline who has what near Syria. Click the image for the larger version.
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All in the Family (and the Friends and the Neighbours)
Read on…: All in the Family (and the Friends and the Neighbours)Recently my hobby of my family’s history has focused on my Rusyn (or Ruthenian) roots. However, this recent work out of Stanford University piques my interest in my English heritage, even though much of it is very far back in time. Using my 23 × great-grandfather Reynold de Mohun you can begin to see how […]
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Mars or Bust…Wait a Minute…
Read on…: Mars or Bust…Wait a Minute…We already got to Mars. At the end of a week of maps and map-related things. Here’s a map of Mars. Well, sort of. It’s more of a map of Mars as explored by Curiosity. (Remember that guy?) It’s an interactive piece from the New York Times that charts out just where the rover has […]