Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Opening the Window
Read on…: Opening the WindowThe Washington Post brings us a look at the mess that is our Congressional representatives buying and selling stocks affected by the legislation they write, discuss, and upon which they vote. None of the charts in this piece are of themselves particularly complex—we are looking at a pie chart after all—but they do come together […]
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Exoplanets
Read on…: ExoplanetsSometimes an infographic needs to put us in our place. Humanity is but one of many species on one of many planets in one solar system. Over at xkcd, we can see how only now are we beginning to expand our knowledge of how many other solar systems and planets there are (and that are […]
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Sometimes Small Infographics Are Most Important
Read on…: Sometimes Small Infographics Are Most ImportantThis is certainly not the largest, nor the most glamorous infographic. But to drivers in Los Angeles, probably a very useful one. It is a diagram of forthcoming changes to a series of on- and off-ramps to Interstate 405 and Wilshire Boulevard. Simple things like having a dangerous red for the soon-to-be-closed ramps set against […]
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Frack You, Gas Hole.
Read on…: Frack You, Gas Hole.And not in the polite Galactica way, but more in the let’s drill you, rocks, and split you open. I could go in further detail about the injection of fracking fluids, but let’s leave the double entendre alone and talk about Marcellus Shale. It’s a layer of rocks in the dirt that contain natural gas. […]
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It’s Five O’clock Somewhere
Read on…: It’s Five O’clock SomewhereInfographics and interactive pieces need not always be about data. Sometimes they can help you find things far more practical than levels of Canadian defence spending or changing demographics. Sometimes they can help you find new summer cocktail recipes. Like this piece from the New York Times. And if you’re me, you can add the […]