Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: Continuing Resolutions
The Senate reached a compromise on a two-year budget that increases spending by nearly half a trillion dollars on both the military and domestic programmes. This comes after a series of continuing resolutions, which are temporary spending bills that allow the government to function when the fiscal year has begun, but a budget has not […]
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Short and Long Term
Read on…: Short and Long TermOne week ago today, President Trump touted soaring stock prices as an indicator of a roaring economy. In truth, stock market prices are not that. They are driven by fundamentals, such as GDP growth, wage increases, and inflation. Furthermore stock prices can be fickle and volatile. Whereas a recession does not begin overnight, the factors […]
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The Memo
Read on…: The MemoSo last week the House of Representatives published a highly controversial memo by Representative Devin Nunes. Why controversial? Because it is apparently missing dozens of pages of additional facts, data, and context. But what the memo does contain are connections between people and things. And this Friday piece from the Washington Post does a good […]
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File Names
Read on…: File NamesThis has been the story of my week. So what a great piece to find on Indexed. Credit for the piece goes to Jessica Hagy.
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The World Grows On (Part III)
Read on…: The World Grows On (Part III)A few days ago I posted about the front cover graphic for the New York Times that used a choropleth to explore 2017 economic growth. Well, this morning whilst looking for something else, I came across the online version of the story. And I thought it would be neat to compare the two. Again, nothing […]
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State of the Union Data
Read on…: State of the Union DataWell there was a lot to poke and prod at in last night’s State of the Union. So over the next couple of days I will be looking at some of the data. I wanted to start with something I could look at over breakfast—unemployment rate data. President Trump claimed unemployment rates are at the […]
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All Your Base Are Belong to Internets
Read on…: All Your Base Are Belong to InternetsOver the weekend news broke that since November, plans for military bases around the world were available to anyone and everyone on the internets. How? Why? Well, it turns out that soldiers using wearable tech to track their rides or cycling routes had forgotten to disable that feature whilst on military installations. And so when […]
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Remapping the 2016 Election
Read on…: Remapping the 2016 ElectionToday’s post clearly fits within the storyline of mapping, redistricting, and gerrymandering over the last week or so, but the work is a bit older. (Side note, the previously highlighted Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District, well it is in the news for a different story, its congressman just announced he would not be standing for reelection […]