Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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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 mess. Now you get to…
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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 interactive infographic explaining just how…
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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 goes to Cristina Rivero.
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How an E-mail is Sent. (And No, I Don’t Mean by Pressing Send.)
Read on…: How an E-mail is Sent. (And No, I Don’t Mean by Pressing Send.)Google is a big company. What do big companies do from time to time? Market themselves. And so this is a screenshot from a fun interactive infographic piece that has supplementals from text to photos to videos as Google explains how an e-mail is sent. All the while Google touts its green energy initiatives and energy efficiencies. It’s a game…