Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: Mapping the Growth of Cities
This is an older piece from back in August, but I was waiting for a time when I would have some related articles to post alongside it. To start off the series of posts, we start with this piece from CityLab. As my titles implies, it looks at the growth of cities, but not in […]
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Pub Trivia Scores—The Ryan’s Wedding Version
Read on…: Pub Trivia Scores—The Ryan’s Wedding VersionSo another Wednesday, another pub trivia night. But two weekends ago, I attended the wedding of a good mate of mine down in Austin, Texas. And at his rehearsal/welcome dinner, he and his now wife had a trivia game. How well did their guests know them? Turns out my friends and I, not so much. […]
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Where Is That Pesky Mason–Dixon Line?
Read on…: Where Is That Pesky Mason–Dixon Line?It’s no big secret that genealogy and family history are two of my big interests and hobbies. Consequently, on rainy days I sometimes like to enjoy an episode or two of Who Do You Think You Are (I prefer the UK version, but the American one will do too) or Finding Your Roots. So I […]
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Leaf Peeping
Read on…: Leaf PeepingAutumn arrived this week in Philadelphia. And with the cooler weather came blustery winds blowing yellowing leaves from city trees. The yellows and reds of trees beneath blue skies makes for some great photography. But what is really going on? Thankfully, the Washington Post published an article exploring where and why the leaves change colour (or […]
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Brexit Deal 2.0
Read on…: Brexit Deal 2.0I’ve been trying to work on a Syrian changing alliances graphic, but the Brexit news today scuppered that. Instead, we take a look at Boris’ deal, which differs from May’s in that it chucks out the notion of territorial integrity, creating a border in the Irish Sea where goods will have to be inspected. My […]
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Americans Retreat, Turks Invade, Syrians Return, Kurds Die
Read on…: Americans Retreat, Turks Invade, Syrians Return, Kurds DieI did not have a lot of time to cover this story last week. So let us try to get into it a little bit today. The New York Times published this morning an article about what is next for Syria, titling the online version 4 Big Questions About Syria’s Future. So I went with […]
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Oh the Places I’ve Been
Read on…: Oh the Places I’ve BeenThis afternoon I am off on a flight to Austin, Texas for a friend’s wedding in nearby Kyle, Texas. Two years in a row I’ve been to Texas in October. And so that felt like a good enough reason to update my counties visited map that, according to my files, I haven’t updated since 2015. […]