Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: Hot Summer Days
We made it to Friday, folks. So here in Philly it is, of course, hot and disgusting. (Please refer to Tuesday’s post about the increasingly hot weather in summers.) Thankfully we have ThisIsIndexed to explain what happens in hot weather. Credit for the piece goes to Jessica Hagy.
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Immigrations Impact on Economic Growth
Read on…: Immigrations Impact on Economic GrowthInitially I was not going to post this work, if only because other things came up and I do have to prioritise what I post on my site. It had nothing to do with the work’s quality, which I think is actually quite good. What am I talking about? Well today’s piece is from a […]
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Home Vacancies in Kensington and Chelsea
Read on…: Home Vacancies in Kensington and ChelseaI added Chelsea to make doubly certain for my Philadelphia audience that you did not think I was referring to Philly’s Kensington. Why? Because today’s piece comes from the Guardian and refers to the neighbourhood where the Grenfell Tower caught fire and the inferno killed dozens of people. This is not the most complex piece, […]
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Shifting Temperatures
Read on…: Shifting TemperaturesThis past weekend, I came upon a neat little graphic in the New York Times supporting an article about the impact of climate change on temperatures. The article basically lays out the argument that summers are getting hotter. And as a cold-weather person, that is dreadful news. But the good news is the graphic was […]
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Blue Dog Democrats
Read on…: Blue Dog DemocratsLast week I mentioned that it appeared Politico was running with articles featuring data visualisation. Just this morning I stumbled upon another article, this one about the Blue Dog Democrats. For those that do not know, Blue Dogs are basically a more conservative Democrat and were the remnants of the Democratic south. But in 2010, […]
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Why the Internet Will Not Load on my Mobile
Read on…: Why the Internet Will Not Load on my MobileHappy Friday, all. We made it. Enjoy this oddly very true graphic from xkcd. Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.
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Comparing the US Healthcare System to the World
Read on…: Comparing the US Healthcare System to the WorldSpoiler, we don’t look so great. In this piece from the Guardian, we have one of my favourite types of charts. But, the piece begins with a chart I wonder about. We have a timeline of countries creating universal healthcare coverage, according to the WHO definition—of which there are only 32 countries. But we then plot […]
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Bus Transit in Philadelphia
Read on…: Bus Transit in PhiladelphiaI have lived in Philadelphia for almost ten months now and that time can be split into two different residences. For the first, I took the El to and from Centre City. For the second, I walk to and from work. I look for living spaces near transit lines. In Chicago I took the El […]