Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: Stabby Stabby Sexy Sexy Stabby Stabby
Happy Friday, all. This past Sunday Series Seven of Game of Thrones began. And, no spoilers here, but it basically served as an episode to set the table for this series and its plot lines. But this piece from the Washington Post does a good job of summarising the deaths in the show over the […]
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London in Small Multiple Form
Read on…: London in Small Multiple FormYou all know that I love small multiples. And we have been seeing them more often as representations of the United States. But today we look at a small multiple map of London. The piece comes from the Economist and looks at the declining numbers of pubs in London. With the exception of the borough […]
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Home Run Distance
Read on…: Home Run DistanceApologies for the lack of posts recently. Allow me to blame work, travel, and sickness. But let’s get back on track this week—for me now a short one—with this post from FiveThirtyEight about the distances travelled by home runs. The piece uses data up to the All Star break, and looks at how far the home runs would […]
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Clear the Cache
Read on…: Clear the CacheSome of the aforementioned work that has been keeping me busy is the design of a new part of a website. And one of the most common things I hear when I ask why something is not displaying as I intended is “Have you cleared the cache?”. And that is why this Friday’s piece from […]
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The Donald and The Donald Subreddit
Read on…: The Donald and The Donald SubredditI don’t use Reddit. But things begin to made sense for me in this article from the Economist as it explained the origins behind Trump’s weird tweet of himself beating up a CNN-headed wrestler. I think the thing perhaps lacking from the graphic is a line that tracks Trump’s approval or popularity. The article mentions […]
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Confidence in the US President
Read on…: Confidence in the US PresidentFrom those surveyed around the world. The Pew Research Centre surveyed international respondents about their confidence in Donald Trump vs. Barack Obama. The Economist took those results and visualised them. And the results, well they kind of speak for themselves. But make sure to click through the link for the rest of the graphic. Credit […]
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Pub Trivia Performance
Read on…: Pub Trivia PerformanceWednesday night I had the dubious honour of playing the weekly pub trivia solo. Accordingly my team name was Hats Solo. (After I opted not to wear my fedora one night, another regular team called itself Where’s Your Hat?) I started strong, had a second wind, but still faded to a seventh place (of nine) […]
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Brexit One Year On
Read on…: Brexit One Year OnI still remember where I was on 23 June 2016 as the Brexit referendum results were coming in—drunk at a karaoke bar (for celebrating the end of a softball season) talking with a guy from Manchester about how the hell Britain could be voting to leave the European Union. Fast forward a year (and a […]