Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: Hurricane Isaac vs Hurricane Katrina
I live in the Midwest but I grew up on the East Coast. I spent my summers at the Jersey shore. (No, not that one.) I know a thing or two about hurricanes. Isaac is expected to make landfall later today in the New Orleans area almost seven years to the day when Katrina made […]
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Red Sox–Dodgers Trade
Read on…: Red Sox–Dodgers TradeThere was a lot of news this past weekend. So we’ll start with the important stuff first. An infographic about the big baseball trade between my Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The advantage of a story breaking over the weekend is time to get something together for Monday.
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Craft Breweries
Read on…: Craft BreweriesFrom the Atlantic Cities, an offshoot of the Atlantic magazine, comes a nice Friday/for-the-weekend post. It looks at states that have the most craft breweries? Surprise, the states with the largest populations! But then comes the more interesting follow-up, what if we account for population differences? Ah, now we are talking. The visualisation type is […]
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Opportunity
Read on…: OpportunityCuriosity 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 […]