Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: Back to Being Runnerup
Another week, another Wednesday, another night of pub trivia tonight. So after several weeks of disappointing scores and placement, the last few weeks has seen us triumphantly returning to second place. And so what better way to show that than showing our rank at the end of each night. More encouragingly, as the line chart […]
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The Vaping Outbreak Spreads
Read on…: The Vaping Outbreak SpreadsAnd now with more deaths. On Friday, Pennsylvania reported its first death from the vaping disease spreading across the country. So I decided I would take a moment to update the map I made a month ago charting the outbreak. Then, the CDC had tallied 450 cases. Now we are at 1080. And whereas last […]
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The Roaming Life of Rev. Dr. Stephen Remington
Read on…: The Roaming Life of Rev. Dr. Stephen RemingtonAs many of you are aware, one of my personal interests is in genealogy and my family history. And sometimes, data visualisation can help make sense of my research. This past weekend, I was looking through some of my notes on my great-great-great-great-grandfather, a man named Stephen Remington. One of the outstanding questions is who […]
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Westerns
Read on…: WesternsNext week I am heading west. And by west I mean Austin, Texas. I mean you could argue that Austin is more south than west, but if you throw a “×” in there you get South × Southwest. Anyway, the allure of the western remains strong and that reminded me of an old xkcd piece […]
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Urban Heat Islands
Read on…: Urban Heat IslandsYesterday was the first day of 32º+C (90º+F) in Philadelphia in October in 78 years. Gross. But it made me remember this piece last month from NPR that looked at the correlation between extreme urban heat islands and areas of urban poverty. In addition to the narrative—well worth the read—the piece makes use of choropleths […]
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Brexit Trilemma Update
Read on…: Brexit Trilemma UpdateThis week is the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester where the Tories unveil their government programmes and platforms. Naturally it has been overshadowed by allegations that Boris Johnson groped one (maybe two) reporters at a dinner in 1999. Just prior to that scandal, however, there was another. In this, Johnson was allegedly having an affair […]
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Baby You Can Drive My Non-automobile Personal Mode of Transportation
Read on…: Baby You Can Drive My Non-automobile Personal Mode of TransportationLast week was the climate summit in New York, and the science continues to get worse. Any real substantive progress in fighting climate change will require sacrifices and changes to the way our societies function and are organised, including spatially. Because one area that needs to be addressed is the use of personal automobiles that consume oil […]
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Consumption Junction
Read on…: Consumption JunctionThe week of the climate summit in New York and the revelation of the whistleblower complaint against the president seems to make it an ideal Friday to share this graphic from Wednesday by Jessica Hagy at Indexed. So it’s less of a graphic and more an if then statement. But if the average designer codes […]
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Brexit Crazyness Continues
Read on…: Brexit Crazyness ContinuesThe British Supreme Court ruled today that Boris Johnson unlawfully advised the Queen to prorogue Parliament. And because the advice was unlawful, the act was therefore unlawful. And because the act was unlawful, the effects of said act were unlawful. And because the effects were unlawful, said effects are null and void. So, you know, […]
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It’s Getting Hot in Here
Read on…: It’s Getting Hot in HereThe UN climate summit begins in New York today. So let’s take a look at another data visualisation piece exploring climate change data. This one comes from a Washington Post article that, while largely driven by a textual narrative, does make use of some nice maps. There is nothing too crazy going on with the actual […]