Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: Regions of German Nationalism
The Economist has an interesting piece looking at the areas of support for the far-right AfD German political party, arguably a neo-fascist nationalist party. It turns out that The piece does a great job of setting the case through the demographics map at the top of the piece. It shows how the two areas where […]
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Angry Birds? Bad Birds
Read on…: Angry Birds? Bad BirdsBaseball is almost upon us. And oh boy do the Baltimore Orioles look bad. How bad? Historically bad. FiveThirtyEight went so far as to chart the expected WAR, wins above replacement, of each position of all teams since 1973. And the expected Orioles lineup looks remarkably bad. What is nice about this graphic is the […]
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Why the Faces?
Read on…: Why the Faces?Stepping away from both the Brexit drama and the aircraft drama of the week, let’s look at US political drama. Specifically, the Democratic field and some of the early support for candidates and assumed-to-be candidates. This piece comes from an article about the bases of various candidates. From a data visualisation perspective it uses a […]
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All the Tabs
Read on…: All the TabsI am definitely guilty of this piece from Indexed. But it’s Friday, so I can open as many tabs as I want. Credit for the piece goes to Jessica Hagy.
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Similar Airspeed Patterns
Read on…: Similar Airspeed PatternsYesterday we looked at the isolation of the US and Canada in keeping the Boeing 737 Max aircraft in the air. Later that day, both countries grounded those aircraft. Today in the print edition of the New York Times the front page used significant space to chart the vertical speed of the two crashed aircraft. […]
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Demanding the Impossible
Read on…: Demanding the ImpossibleThe key problem in the Brexit deal remains what to do with the Irish border. In essence, the UK faces the same trilemma it has since the beginning. It wants three things it cannot have at the same time: exiting the EU single market and customs union, so it can create a free and independent […]
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Another Week, Another Brexit Vote
Read on…: Another Week, Another Brexit VoteYet again, we are poised to watch the British House of Commons this week as it votes on several key pieces of Brexit-related legislation. In short, MPs are set to vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal. Again. Basically the same one that MPs rejected by a historic margin last month. The question is […]
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Basic Statistics
Read on…: Basic StatisticsHappy Friday, everybody. We made it to the end of the week. And so now we have xkcd going all back to school and teaching us all simple statistics. For those unfamiliar with statistics, that’s not at all how it works. Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.
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The Long and Winding Road
Read on…: The Long and Winding RoadThis Washington Post piece caught my eye earlier this week. It takes a look back at all the departures from the Trump administration, which has been beset by one of the highest turnover rates of all time. What I like about the piece is how it classifies personnel by whether or not they require Senate […]