Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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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 […]
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Zaatari Refugee Camp for Displaced Syrians
Read on…: Zaatari Refugee Camp for Displaced SyriansThe Syrian crisis is pushing people out of Syria. Unfortunately, most of the refugees are fleeing to places not wholly equipped or supplied to handle such large numbers. In this interactive piece of journalism, the BBC explores the difficulties in just one camp, Zaatari in the desert of Jordan. My favourite element is this interactive […]
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Funding the Improbable
Read on…: Funding the ImprobableThis interactive map from the Washington Post is one part of a long-form piece that looks at NASA and the improbable tasks facing the agency. Specifically the piece looks at how NASA wants to get to Mars, but how difficult that is and how an also difficult asteroid mission is as a backup plan. Really […]
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Protests Around the World
Read on…: Protests Around the WorldToday’s post features an animated map by a doctoral candidate at Penn State. It plots out month-by-month protests across the world. It moves a bit fast and could perhaps make use out of some guided navigation, e.g. focusing the user’s attention on specific areas at specific times, but is still an interesting view of the […]
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How Cruise Missiles Would Strike Syria
Read on…: How Cruise Missiles Would Strike SyriaWhile we are waiting for Russian help to destroy Syrian stockpiles of chemical weapons, we know that the Pentagon is still ready to strike (most likely with cruise missiles) various targets of the Syrian regime. This graphic from the Wall Street Journal explores some of the options. The interesting bit is the range of Syria’s […]
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Foreclosing on Homes in Washington, DC
Read on…: Foreclosing on Homes in Washington, DCToday’s post comes from the Washington Post. It is a single interactive graphic, a map, that supports a long-form article about foreclosures in Washington. Credit for the piece’s graphics goes to Ted Mellnik, Emily Chow, and Laura Stanton.