Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: Carbon Taxes
Last week the New York Times published an article about carbon taxes, looking at their adoption around the world and their effectiveness. It is a fascinating article about how different countries have chosen to implement the broad policy idea and the various forms it can take. And, most importantly, how some of those policies can end […]
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How Does the UK View Their Political Parties?
Read on…: How Does the UK View Their Political Parties?The United Kingdom crashes out of the European Union on Friday. That means there is no deal to safeguard continuity of trading arrangements, healthcare, air traffic control, security and intelligence deals, &c. Oh, and it will likely wreck the economy. No big deal, Theresa. But what do UK voters think about their leading political parties […]
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Per Sense
Read on…: Per SenseFor some levity given today is Friday, let us get to the really contentious matters of late. Is the percentage sign acceptable in text? According to the AP, it now is. Thankfully, xkcd was on it and took a look at the acceptability of various forms of expressing a percentage. Credit for the piece goes […]
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Public Transit of Yesteryear
Read on…: Public Transit of YesteryearFor my frequent readers, it will be no big surprise that I am avid supporter of public transit, especially the railways. Consequently I was delighted when I read a non-Brexit piece in the Guardian yesterday that looked at public transit systems in several cities. But it did so by comparing earlier plans or systems to […]
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The Entire United States Pt 2
Read on…: The Entire United States Pt 2Yesterday I wrote about the failure in a Politico piece to include Alaska and Hawaii in a graphic depicting the “entire” United States. After I had posted it, I recalled an article I read in the Guardian that looked at the shape of the United States, using the term “logo map”. It compared what many […]
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The Entire United States
Read on…: The Entire United StatesLast month Politico published an article called the Democrats’ Dilemma. It looked at what will likely be the crux of their debate for their 2020 candidates. Go moderate or hard left? The super simple version of the argument is that do you win by persuading independents and moderate Republicans to vote Democratic? Or do you […]
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50 Shades of Tory Blue
Read on…: 50 Shades of Tory BlueIt is Monday, so it must be another Brexit vote day. And today we have Indicative Vote Day 2. If you recall from last week, the House of Commons wrestled control over parliamentary business away from the government and created a two-step process to try and see if any alternative to Theresa May’s Brexit plan […]
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Infinite Errors
Read on…: Infinite ErrorsInformation design has largely settled on a few key forms to communicate data. One is the error bar. But xkcd explores what can happen when we take error bars…to infinity. Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.
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The Rise of White Nationalist Terrorism
Read on…: The Rise of White Nationalist TerrorismWhilst I was on holiday, a terrorist killed nearly fifty people in Christchurch, New Zealand. Except this time, he was a white man and the victims were all Muslims. Admittedly, I really did not read much about it until I returned to the States, but it clearly is not a thing I was expecting out […]
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Video Orientation Guide
Read on…: Video Orientation GuideWe made it to Friday, everybody. Although for me it, was a short week. I spent the last week on holiday in Ireland to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. And that meant I took a lot of photos. And I mean a lot. But the question when taking a photo is, in which orientation should I […]