Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: Opportunity
Curiosity is not the only rover on Mars, eight years after a 90-day mission, we still have Opportunity rolling around. The Los Angeles Times published this graphic detailing the exploration conducted by Opportunity. This is a map of Opportunity’s section of Mars. Credit for the piece goes to Julie Sheer, Lorena Iñiguez, Raoul Rañoa, and Anthony […]
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Obama Administration Failing on Mortgage Modifications
Read on…: Obama Administration Failing on Mortgage ModificationsToday’s post features a Sankey diagram from the New York Times that looks at how the Obama administration has been failing to help homeowners with mortgage problems. Less than 25% of applicants have seen successful modifications of their home loans. The diagram here clearly shows the process and the failures that have led to so […]
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Patrolling the US–Mexican Border
Read on…: Patrolling the US–Mexican BorderIf you haven’t heard, we share a border with Mexico. And we patrol it. And the Washington Post published a graphic looking at the patrolling of the US–Mexican border. Credit for the piece goes to Anup Kaphle and Bill Webster.
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Oil Imports
Read on…: Oil ImportsOil, sweet oil. We Americans love the stuff. Like too much of anything, though, that can lead to some problems. This post isn’t about that. But rather it’s about a New York Times graphic on how even though we are learning to check our sweet tooth, we are importing more oil from the Middle East […]
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Missions to Mars
Read on…: Missions to MarsCuriosity shall soon be exploring the surface of Mars seeking to understand the geological history of the planet. But in this infographic, see the cropping below, from the National Post we can see previous missions to Mars. We have not always been successful in operations in and around Mars, but our recent track record is […]
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Olympic Forecast Comparison
Read on…: Olympic Forecast ComparisonDuring my research for the Olympic medal projections, I came across a few sites that presented a few other projections because, quite frankly, 65 seemed rather high given that the UK won only 47 the year before. The chart below just compares how the other forecasts turned out in the end. Emily Williams from the […]
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When We’ll Forget…
Read on…: When We’ll Forget…From xkcd comes today’s graphic of choice. It’s a timeline. About when we’ll forget stuff. Although for me this is pretty much a useless concept. Because I’m generally unaware of cultural events when they happen today.