Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: You’re Not Crazy, It Is Getting Hotter
First, I should say that I don’t have a lot to say about this graphic because I went back to the source because I was interested in another city and I wanted to compare the two. In other words, expect a small graphic follow up to this maybe tomorrow. Anyways, over the last few years since returning to Philadelphia after…
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Biden’s English Ancestry Revisited
Read on…: Biden’s English Ancestry RevisitedLast week I posted about an article in the BBC on the English ancestry of American president Joe Biden. And these types of article are a bit pro forma, famous person has an article about their personal ancestry with a family tree attached. Interestingly, this article did not, just the timeline I mentioned and a graphic as part of an…
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I’ve Got the Seeing the Reds and Greens as One Blues
Read on…: I’ve Got the Seeing the Reds and Greens as One BluesToday I want to highlight a print article from the New York Times I received about two weeks ago. It’s been sitting in a pile of print pieces I want to sit down, photograph, and then write up. But as we begin to return to normal, I need my second dining room chair back because at some point I’ll have…
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Inflating Areas
Read on…: Inflating AreasOne trend people have begun to follow lately is that of rising prices for consumer goods. If you have shopped recently for things, you may have noticed that you have been paying more than you were just a few weeks ago. We call this inflation. The Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) tracks this for a whole range of goods. We…
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Easing Back into Normalcy
Read on…: Easing Back into NormalcyHappy Friday, all. Apologies for the lack of posting yesterday, I wasn’t feeling well and sitting in front of my computer typing stuff up wasn’t happening. But now the weekend is nearly upon us and to get in the mood I wanted to share this great dot plot from xkcd. It captures something I’ve definitely been thinking about. For example,…