Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: What to Eat at a Ball Game
Today’s Friday. So maybe at this point, after a week of baseball-related posts, you are ready to go see a game yourself. If you go, here is a flow chart from SB Nation to help you choose your foods and drinks for the game. Credit for the piece goes to Eric Wayne.
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Strikeouts on the Upswing
Read on…: Strikeouts on the UpswingStrikeouts are an important part of baseball. They are the moments where the pitcher wins the duel between pitcher and batter that is the essential element of baseball. But over the years the game has seen more and more batters striking out more often. Earlier this year the New York Times looked at the rising rates of strikeouts in a…
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Renovating Wrigley Field
Read on…: Renovating Wrigley FieldIn Chicago there is much ado about renovating Wrigley Field. As a Red Sox fan, I can only say that the Fenway renovations are being well-received. A little while back, the Chicago Tribune illustrated just what these proposed changes will be. The first image was from the above the fold section, and the second was a smaller set of illustrations…
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Your State’s Highest Paid Public Employee
Read on…: Your State’s Highest Paid Public EmployeeThis choropleth map comes from Deadspin and it looks at each state’s highest paid public employee. As you can probably imagine since the graphic comes from Deadspin, most states pay their highest wages to sports coaches. Ten states pay somebody other than a sports coach. And five of those are in the Mid-Atlantic/New England area. Credit for the piece goes…
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More Cicadian Rhythms
Read on…: More Cicadian RhythmsOn Tuesday I shared with you some work by Jonathan Corum at the New York Times on the 17-year cicadas now starting to emerge back east. (And as I recall from my childhood, I assure you that they are quite loud.) Today we look at an illustration of the cicada life cycle via the Washington Post. As I discussed the…
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Cicadian Rhythm
Read on…: Cicadian RhythmCicadas are loud. And while some are around every year, there is at least one species that lives for up to seventeen years. They mate every seventeen years. In 2013 we are witnessing the emergence of Brood II, one of the numerous clusters that are synchronised to each other. But when and where have other broods been spotted over time?…