Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: Infinite Errors
Information 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 […]
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Regions of German Nationalism
Read on…: Regions of German NationalismThe 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 […]