Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: The Candidate Says Tweet Tweet
Yesterday, the New York Times released this interactive piece to look at the popularity of particular candidates in that seemingly ubiquitous world of Twitter. Perhaps it was inevitable that the Times or somebody else would create something like this. Regardless, it is out there and I have to say, I am left confused. No, not by the […]
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Scary Halloween Graphics
Read on…: Scary Halloween GraphicsI appreciate that people will want scary graphics given the upcoming holiday. But like many other things in life, that does not mean I want to actually see them. Alas, this comes from the BBC on an article about the holiday’s growth in the United Kingdom. Need I count the ways?
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How to Best Describe Oneself
Read on…: How to Best Describe Oneselffrom XKCD
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Fast and Shiny Trains
Read on…: Fast and Shiny TrainsThis is another comparison of high-speed lines and how woefully inadequate American infrastructure is in this particular department. The graphic comes via the Chicago Tribune in support of this article, wherein the outgoing mayor states the need for a high-speed line to link downtown Chicago to O’Hare International Airport. Apparently his desire for such speedy transit […]
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Midwestern Shrinkage
Read on…: Midwestern ShrinkageThe United States was founded on the East Coast as English (and the odd Scottish) colonies with the old cities of Philadelphia, Boston, and New York. These first colonies became the original 13 states. Ever since the 18th century, we have expanded westward into the Ohio Territory, the Northwest Territory, French colonies, Spanish colonies turned […]
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Growing Pains
Read on…: Growing PainsThis piece comes from my coworker, Ben, who found the graphic in Scientific American. Broadly speaking the piece is looking at the obese and the overweight in the United States, comparing the numbers of both children and adults in 1980 to 2008. These numbers are supplemented by the risk of death posed to both men […]
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Monday Mornings Are Annoying As…
Read on…: Monday Mornings Are Annoying As…It’s Monday. The day of the week we hate the most when we realise that we really do have to wake up. Myself, I on occasion throw in some choice words as I swat my alarm clock. This graphic, from xkcd, is apropos as—well, you get the idea.
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The United States According to (Southeastern) Pennsylvania
Read on…: The United States According to (Southeastern) PennsylvaniaAfter being inspired by the Europe from Europe maps, last night I created a map of the United States, as seen by someone from southeastern Pennsylvania.
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Europe According to [Insert a Country Here]
Read on…: Europe According to [Insert a Country Here]This comes via the blog The Map Room. Designer Yanko Tsvetkov created a series of maps that most wholly, completely, and accurately represent the cultures, peoples, and attitudes of various European countries towards, well, other European countries. Some of the usual suspects are in there, the Brits, the French, and the Germans. However, I find the Bulgarian perspective, […]
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It’s the Economy Stew-pot.
Read on…: It’s the Economy Stew-pot.Oh Cal Richards… But anyways, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research—the people who declare when recessions and such begin and end—the recession that began in December 2007 ended in June 2009. Good news of a sort. And so naturally the press covered it, including the Wall Street Journal. They included this image: One, […]