Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: When the Whole Is Less Than the Sum of its Parts
Last week we talked a lot about trade—and we will get back to it. But the World Cup is now in full swing and I want to take a look at a couple of things this week. But to begin, the Economist published an article about the difficulty of predicting the outcome of World Cups. […]
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It’s Finally Sunny in Philadelphia (on the Weekend)
Read on…: It’s Finally Sunny in Philadelphia (on the Weekend)Here in Philadelphia, the weekend is forecast to be not rainy, which is a departure from the last several weeks. So this piece from xkcd’s Randall Munroe seemed appropriate. Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.
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Philly Rules
Read on…: Philly RulesYo. C’mon, bro. This jawn is getting tired. Just stop already. If you did not catch it this week, the most important news was Donald Trump disinviting the Super Bowl champions Eagles to the White House to celebrate their victory over the Patriots. He then lied about Eagles players kneeling during the US anthem—no player […]
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English Pride
Read on…: English PrideOr the lack thereof. Today’s post references a short article from the BBC about some YouGov survey results that examine English respondents’ pride in being English. The post uses numerous bar charts to examine the demographic and political splits of the results as well as to try and come to a sense of what defines […]
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Mapping Disasters
Read on…: Mapping DisastersLast weekend I enjoyed several days off for Memorial Day. But that Sunday I enjoyed a nice, full-spread graphic in the New York Times. The clue that I was in for a treat was on the front page, beneath the fold, with a small map with some green, magenta, and orange. When I looked more […]