Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: Comparing the US Healthcare System to the World
Spoiler, 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 […]
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Stabby Stabby Sexy Sexy Stabby Stabby
Read on…: Stabby Stabby Sexy Sexy Stabby StabbyHappy 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 […]