Borne out of everyday curiosities, learning experiments, and mild insomnia.
An ongoing series about looking at the everyday through the eyes of data and charts.
Reviving the currently defunct Census-produced publication with current data.
Not everything has to be visualized. I do it anyway.
We almost always look at data through a screen. It’s quick and good for exploration. So is there value in making data physical? I played around with a 3-D printer to find out.
Before you dive into the advanced stuff – like just about everything in your life – you have to learn the fundamentals before you know when you can break the rules.
Many charts don’t tell the truth. This is a simple guide to spotting them.
There are many ways to die. Cancer. Infection. Mental. External. This is how different groups of people died over the past 10 years, visualized by age.
You’ve probably heard the lines about how “40 is the new 30” or “30 is the new 20.” What is this based on? I tried to solve the problem using life expectancy data. Your age is the new age.
Jobs and pay can vary a lot depending on where you live, based on 2013 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here’s an interactive to look.
Because everyone who is 30 years and older loves getting asked when they’re going to settle down and get married.
People cry for different reasons and some tend to cry more than others. What makes people cry the most?
Households are seeing the value of their savings decrease significantly over a short period of time. Now seems like a good time to take the long-term point of view.
With absolute certainty, you will die. When will it happen? That is a trickier question. But we can run simulations to explore the possibilities.
A practical resource for beginners who want to visualize data for humans.
