Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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I Can’t Remember the Things I Forgot
Read on…: I Can’t Remember the Things I ForgotThe Leveson Inquiry looked into the whole British phone hacking scandal. And now that it is wrapping up, the BBC looked at what was said. As always, the great thing about inquiries is that nobody can exactly recall what happened when or who said what. And the BBC included that in their infographic.
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Drought Footprint
Read on…: Drought FootprintA lot of people’s minds may be on the Olympics that open up today in London. However, a very important story that was covered a little while ago deserves a post. The United States has been suffering from a severe drought across much of the country. Droughts are nothing new, though climate change is likely to increase their intensity in…
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Does a High Average BMI Impact a Country’s Chance at the Olympics?
Read on…: Does a High Average BMI Impact a Country’s Chance at the Olympics?It turns out not so much. A comparison of the 2008 data for average BMI (coarsely how fat a person is) for countries across their economic productivity (GDP per capita) and total medals won shows that a country’s health culture does not greatly impact said country’s Olympic chances. This is another from my work series on infographics for the Olympics.
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Washington Monument
Read on…: Washington MonumentLast summer an earthquake rattled the East Coast; I felt it while lounging on the beach at the Jersey shore when I was on holiday. But Washington got hit pretty hard. The Washington Monument lost some stones. I just lost an iced tea that spilled. But, the Monument is now going to be closed until perhaps 2014 for repairs. This…
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Your Central Visual Field
Read on…: Your Central Visual FieldFrom XKCD comes an informative infographic about your central visual field. As always, it’s quite informative. It’s not quite light hearted for Friday, but you’ll probably get an odd look or a laugh when you move your face really close to your monitor… Also as always, credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.