Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Climate Change
Read on…: Climate ChangeWhen I was younger—albeit not by much—I applied my interests in geography, history, and politics to create maps of fictional places. I used knowledge of things like the Hadley cell and the Koppen climate classification system to figure where on the maps I drew people would be able to live in temperate climates and where nobody could live because it…
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How Has the Republican Party Changed
Read on…: How Has the Republican Party ChangedYesterday I shared an infographic looking at the demograhics behind the evolution of the Democratic Party—and by comparison the Republican Party. Today is the Washington Post’s infographic on the evolution of the Republican Party’s policy platform. Since the 1960s the party has shifted from a socially liberal agenda coupled with fiscal conservatism to an extremely conservative social agenda and an…
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The Second Battle of Bull Run or The Second Battle of Manassas. Take Your Pick.
Read on…: The Second Battle of Bull Run or The Second Battle of Manassas. Take Your Pick.So the battle has two different names, but it was undoubtedly bloody. The Washington Post created an infographic exploring this important battle of the Civil War that led to a bloody Union defeat. Credit for the piece goes to Gene Thorp, Brenna Maloney, Laura Stanton, and Don Troiani.
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Indo-European Language Origin
Read on…: Indo-European Language OriginPolonius once asked Hamlet what he was reading. Hamlet replied “Words.” I still love that scene. But, it turns out that we now have an even better idea of where our words came from. It turns out that it is more likely that our shared Indo-European languages originated not in the steppes of Russia but rather Anatolia in Turkey. The…
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Space. Something About a Frontier?
Read on…: Space. Something About a Frontier?Today’s post comes via one of my co-workers. I don’t have any information on it other than it being an infographic looking at our exploration of the solar system (and in the near future beyond, thanks Voyager). My guess is that it isn’t particularly new, as I would imagine that the designer would have liked to have called out the…
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Hurricane Isaac vs Hurricane Katrina
Read on…: Hurricane Isaac vs Hurricane KatrinaI 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 landfall. There are some notable…
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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.