Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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New York Times Lies About Science
Read on…: New York Times Lies About ScienceIn a rare infographic misstep, the New York Times published an incorrect diagram detailing the centre of the Earth. Clearly, anyone who knows anything about science knows that it is not a solid core of iron at the centre of the Earth, but dinosaurs. And I see no dinosaurs in this diagram. Credit for the […]
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Economic Development in Africa
Read on…: Economic Development in AfricaThis falls under the just-because-it’s-about-geographies-doesn’t-mean-it-should-necessarily-be-visualised-as-a-map category. The Guardian has taken data from the African Economic Outlook, specifically real GDP growth rates, and charted them as a map. This caught my interest initially because of some work I have been doing that required me to read a report on African economic development in coming years. So […]
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Choose Your Own Adventure. Greek Debt Crisis Style.
Read on…: Choose Your Own Adventure. Greek Debt Crisis Style.The Eurozone. Greece. What a complete mess. And that’s just what has happened. What about what’s next? If you are confused about how the debt crisis in Greece and the Eurozone will unfold, you are not alone. Thankfully, the Guardian has posted an infographic, more precisely an interactive flowchart, to help us sort out the […]
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How to Salvage a Ship
Read on…: How to Salvage a ShipYou might recall that back in January an Italian cruise ship sank after striking submerged rocks. In case you were wondering, the ship is still there. But the plan is to refloat the ship and then tow it to a harbour on the Italian mainland and scrap the ship. The Guardian put together a nice […]
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Apple’s New Mac OS X: And Why I Am Not Buying It
Read on…: Apple’s New Mac OS X: And Why I Am Not Buying ItThe question with Apple computers is when to upgrade the operating system? Apple releases updates every few years. But, I might have to wait and skip the next one, Mountain Lion. After all, Apple is taking a step backward. xkcd explains:
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Visualising Panda Mating
Read on…: Visualising Panda MatingAnimals need to reproduce. Well, except perhaps some of our own species…and so today’s infographic from the Washington Post looks at the birds and the bees. Or rather the pandas and the pandas. Or is that the pandas on pandas? Regardless, the reader can see that panda mating is not easy. Credit for the piece […]