Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: Home Vacancies in Kensington and Chelsea
I 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, but I really like the…
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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 well done. It uses the…
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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, they got all but wiped…
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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 their 2016 population regardless of…
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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 for eight years to get…
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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 previous six series. That does…
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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 of Hackney, boroughs all across…