Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Georgia 6th Special Election
Read on…: Georgia 6th Special ElectionWow do we have a lot to talk about this week. Probably bleeding into next week to be honest. But, last night was the special election for the Georgia 6th. For those of you not following politics, the congressman representing it was Tom Price; he is now the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Consequently, Georgia needed […]
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The Mother Of All Bombs
Read on…: The Mother Of All BombsYesterday the United States dropped a GBU.43 on a cave complex in eastern Afghanistan. The bomb is better known by its nickname MOAB, Mother Of All Bombs. But just how does the GBU.43 compare to some of the more common—and not so common—weapons in the US arsenal? What we do know is that yesterday was […]
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An Update on Trump-Russia Ties
Read on…: An Update on Trump-Russia TiesBetween travelling and being ill, I apologise for a lack of posting the last week or two. But as promised, we are back with a small update to the Trump–Russia ties. It turns out that shortly before the Syria air strikes, news broke that Jared Kushner omitted dozens of contacts with foreigners on his security […]
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Capone’s Chicago
Read on…: Capone’s ChicagoWell I am in Chicago for one more day, folks—I fly out late tonight and will be posting from Philly later this week. But, before I get back to my holiday, here’s a tidbit I snapped a photo of for you all from my trip to Las Vegas earlier this year. Since I am not […]
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The Nunes Connection
Read on…: The Nunes ConnectionI am in Chicago today, visiting friends and former coworkers. Generally taking a break from my team’s recent fantastic work at my new gig. But don’t think that I wouldn’t leave you without some sort of light-hearted Friday content. My Tuesday post was about Monday’s news about another connection between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Today’s […]
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Prince, Prince, Goose?
Read on…: Prince, Prince, Goose?Well, this wasn’t what I was expecting to post today. But that’s okay, because it’s big news all the same and allows me to get my hands dirty. Yesterday the Washington Post broke news that the United Arab Emirates, specifically Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan and the UAE’s national security advisor, arranged a meeting between […]
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Metropolises of Murder
Read on…: Metropolises of MurderQuite a few things to look at this week. But I want to start with something that caught my attention last Friday. The Economist produced this graphic about the top-50 cities by the always pleasant metric of homicide. I bring it up because of the oft mentioned capital of carnage here in America: Chicago. (To […]
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New Flags
Read on…: New FlagsWith all this talk of new countries and political alignments. This piece from xkcd seemed appropriate for this Friday. Credit for the piece goes to Randall Munroe.
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The Timeline of Leaving the European Union
Read on…: The Timeline of Leaving the European UnionSo yesterday was Article 50 Day and several British media companies published graphics about the historic event. I wanted to focus on this piece from the Economist, which is a timeline of the events leading up to Article 50. But more importantly, it includes the polling data for Remain or Leave along the length of […]