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Infographics and Data Visualization (Week 3)
The goal of this week’s assignment is to review some global aid data from the Guardian and evaluate how this information should be presented. This is a two-part assignment and I have been able to...
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A Thanksgiving Meal Preparation Timeline
The art of timing the preparation of Thanksgiving dishes takes years of experience and perhaps more than a few hard lessons in the kitchen (ever have anyone de-bone a turkey?). For those less...
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Infographics and Data Visualization (Week 4)
The assignment for Week 4 is the based on data used in a recent Guardian article on U.S. unemployment. Having used Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data for many years at my previous job, I am far more...
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Infographics and Data Visualization (Week 5/6)
I took part in a brief discussion on the student forum after the Week 4 project and it made me realize that I’d been spending so much time trying to create a functional interactive graphic in Tableau...
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At Least I’ve Got Brownies
It’s a snow day today and the kids are home from school. To celebrate, Grandma made a nice batch of brownies. The chart below shows the distribution of brownies by family member. Leeroy is our dog,...
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One of the goals I set for myself this summer was to learn a bit about D3, a visualization toolkit that can be used to manipulate and display data on the web. Considering that the trees are bare and...
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Infographics and Data Visualization (Week 2)
For week two of the course, we’ve been asked to take a look at this interactive graphic from the New York Times, which compares the different words that Democrats and Republicans speakers used during...
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Most Popular Word Roots in U.S. Place Names
My family visited Washington D.C. last year for Spring Break and, during our 12-hour drive, I remember noticing a subtle change in the names of the cities and towns we were passing through. In the...
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A Force Node Diagram of the U.S. Interstate System
There’s nothing too complicated about this post. I’ve been interested in creating an illustration of the U.S. Interstate system for awhile but my initial concept of a “subway-style” diagram of the...
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Ideas Illustrated LLC Celebrates 10 Years
I was filling out the annual report forms for Ideas Illustrated LLC a few weeks ago and noticed that my original filing date was May 11, 2004… making today my 10th anniversary! It’s hard to believe...
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What Does the Average Biker Dude Look Like?
CNN recently published the mugshots of all of the biker gang members who were arrested after the recent shootout in a Waco, TX restaurant. There were a total of 171 pictures, all in the same standard...
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Discovering New Opportunities for Urban Design in American Cities
“What a city has to say must find expression in its architecture.” Walter Wallmann, Lord Mayor of Frankfurt/Main Here in the U.S., we tend to think of our built environment –- our cities and towns — as...
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There’s a Person in There
My wife works as a speech and language pathologist for a local school district and her caseload is a mix of kids from ages 3 to 21. One of her most difficult cases involves a student with severe...
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With the start of a rather warm, dry summer here in Wisconsin, we’ve decided to take the plunge (literally) and purchase a new above ground pool. We seem to outgrow these things every few years and...
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How Louis C.K. Could Help Improve Street Sign Design
The opening of last week’s season premiere of Louie offered up a hilarious scene of Louie and a fellow New Yorker trying to decipher an odd assortment of street signs to see if it was safe to park...
View ArticleTrends in NFL Football Scores (Part 1)
One of the goals I set for myself this summer was to learn a bit about D3, a visualization toolkit that can be used to manipulate and display data on the web. Considering that the trees are bare and...
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There’s a Person in There
My wife works as a speech and language pathologist for a local school district and her caseload is a mix of kids from ages 3 to 21. One of her most difficult cases involves a student with severe...
View ArticleFamily Pool Trends
With the start of a rather warm, dry summer here in Wisconsin, we’ve decided to take the plunge (literally) and purchase a new above ground pool. We seem to outgrow these things every few years and...
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How Louis C.K. Could Help Improve Street Sign Design
The opening of last week’s season premiere of Louie offered up a hilarious scene of Louie and a fellow New Yorker trying to decipher an odd assortment of street signs to see if it was safe to park...
View ArticleTrends in NFL Football Scores (Part 1)
One of the goals I set for myself this summer was to learn a bit about D3, a visualization toolkit that can be used to manipulate and display data on the web. Considering that the trees are bare and...
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