Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: An Update on Trump-Russia Ties
Between 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 clearance form. One, of course,…
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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 so much a gambler, I…
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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 post is a screen capture from…
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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 an official reportedly close to…
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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 which I’m briefly returning late…
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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 those events. There isn’t a…
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The Structure of Europe
Read on…: The Structure of EuropeWell today’s the day. Earlier this morning (East Coast time) the British government notified the European Council that it invoked Article 50 and is withdrawing from the European Union. So what precisely does that mean? Well, it means the structure of the ties binding Europe will be altered. How could it not when one of Europe’s largest and most powerful…
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One Insurer Counties
Read on…: One Insurer CountiesLet’s go back in time briefly to last week and the whole Obamacare thing. It’s not perfect and could be improved. I stridently believe that what the administration proposed was worse. But this article from Vox does highlight one of the things that could be improved—making more choices available to consumers. And they make the point with a map. That map…
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What Does Europe Want from Brexit?
Read on…: What Does Europe Want from Brexit?Sorry about last week, everyone. I had some trouble with the database powering the blog here. Great week for things to go down, right? Well, either way, we’re back and it’s not like the news is stopping. This week? Brexit’s back, baby. I’m never using the word “baby” again on this blog. I have been saving this piece until the…