Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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A Profile of Canada’s Immigrants
Read on…: A Profile of Canada’s ImmigrantsOn the back burner of infographics to post is this piece from the National Post. The early data indicates that most of Canada’s high population growth rate comes from immigrants to the country. And while those details are not yet available, the piece looks at the 2006 data for an indication of from which places […]
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Today is a Happy Happy Joy Joy Story
Read on…: Today is a Happy Happy Joy Joy StoryFor the past two posts I focused on the sinking of the RMS Titanic, an historical event that has always been of some interest to me, but is not always the most uplifting of subjects. When in high-school, I once had an English teacher who took to heart our complaints that our literature selection was […]
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How the RMS Titanic Sank
Read on…: How the RMS Titanic SankOn 14 April 1912—that is 100 years—RMS Titanic avoided slamming bow-on into an iceberg. But her turn allowed the iceberg to slice a long gash beneath the waterline and the North Atlantic gushed into watertight compartment after watertight compartment. Several hours later over 1500 people would be dead. The BBC has published several articles about […]
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Setting the Stage for the Sinking of RMS Titanic
Read on…: Setting the Stage for the Sinking of RMS TitanicSaturday will be the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. She struck an iceberg just before midnight—at the time the crew thought merely as a glancing blow—and within three hours she would be headed towards the seabed. By the time the survivors were all picked up, over 1500 people would die in […]
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Santorum Quits. Goodbye…and Thanks for all the Varicose Veins.
Read on…: Santorum Quits. Goodbye…and Thanks for all the Varicose Veins.So Rick Santorum is now out of the race. Mitt Romney is basically now set to run against the President. But why should Santorum go out without an infographic looking back at the Republican primary race. (Since neither Newt nor Ron come even close to running the same race as Rick.) The New York Times […]
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Power Pitching (And Who’s Paying)
Read on…: Power Pitching (And Who’s Paying)And the baseball season is kicking off (perhaps a bit slowly for my 1–3 Red Sox, but I’m not worried…yet). The Washington Post, the newspaper for those most likely to be following the Washington Nationals, put out a little while ago an interactive graphic looking at the payroll figures for the Top-3 starting pitchers in […]
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I’m On a Quest
Read on…: I’m On a QuestFor those that may have missed it, earlier this week Google released its newest addition to its Google Maps product offering: the 8-bit Quest map. Never before has the world been seen in such high-resolution. And if you look close enough, you might even be able to spy some interesting features. Happy Monster Hunting Quest.