Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Covid-19 Is Not the Flu Part Augh!
Read on…: Covid-19 Is Not the Flu Part Augh!Yesterday, President Trump once again lied to the American public on his social media platforms. He falsely claimed that Covid-19 was nothing worse than the flu, which he falsely claimed sometimes kills more than 100,000 people. Once again we are going to look at the data comparing influenza to the novel coronavirus and the disease […]
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Super Spreading Garden Parties
Read on…: Super Spreading Garden PartiesIf you were unaware, in the wee hours of Friday, President Trump announced that he had tested positive for the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. It should be stated in the just three days hence, there is an enormous amount of confusion about the timeline as the White House is not commenting. From the prepared statement […]
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Text Me
Read on…: Text MeWell that was a week. Thankfully we all made it to Friday. Now, your humble author is an old millennial, which means I remember a time before the Facebook and the Whatsapp and the internets. I also remember the first carphones and mobile bricks and flip phones. But what’s stayed consistent amongst all these platforms? […]
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Parties in Pennsylvania
Read on…: Parties in PennsylvaniaThis is from a social media post I made a few days ago, but think it may be of some relevance/interest to my Coffeespoons followers. I was curious to see at 30+ days from the general election, how has the landscape changed for the two parties since 2016? Well, this project has driven me to […]
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Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from…Venus?
Read on…: Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from…Venus?If you didn’t hear the news, scientists have discovered a compound in the atmosphere of Venus. They’ve also ruled out a number of the normal ways the compound is created, and we’re left with two possibilities: some kind of unknown chemistry/chemical process or…aliens. It’s got to be aliens. Because it’s Friday. And because it’s Friday, […]
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The Size of the California Wildfires Compared to Philly
Read on…: The Size of the California Wildfires Compared to PhillyThe West Coast is a different scale than the East Coast. After all, California alone is almost the size of New England and parts of the Mid-Atlantic combined. So when we take that enormous size into consideration, how big are these fires on an East Coast scale? It can be difficult to imagine. Thankfully the […]