This is what it looks like when you simulate pushing a bicycle and just let it fall over. 800 times. Continue reading “Two neurons are riding a bicycle”
Category: Visualisation
Seeing Theory
Not a lot to say, this is just really awesome work. If you have ever studied statistics and wanted a better visual explanation, go here. And D3 based too!
2 Years of Running Visualised
Speaking of visualising running, the graphic below is 2 years worth of running in the same area, overlaid into one handy animation. Its from this reddit post and is quite fun to watch.
2016 Berlin Marathon Data Visualisation
I do like a good marathon data visualisation, I really do. And this one of the 2016 Berlin Marathon is particularly nice.
One Year of Comrades Training
On a recent job at Discovery to do some analytics for Vitality, I was looking at data that is recorded into their platform as part of their insurance linked wellness program. There are various activities that are tracked as part of the program and a fair amount of it is running data. Given the size of their customer base it’s fair to assume that many of them have run the Comrades Marathon, and I wanted to see what all those runner’s various training programs looked like. Continue reading “One Year of Comrades Training”
Misery Index
There have been a couple of articles recently that have spoken about South Africa having a bad Misery Index rating. Its quite a harsh term, but ennui index or “not cool man” index isn’t going to grab headlines. Like a lot of statistics reported in popular media, it tends to be reported as a snap snot number at a particular time rather than the trend. So here is a historic plot that shows how miserable we have been since 1994. Continue reading “Misery Index”
Jerry Mander
Since this is an article about gerrymandering, I thought I’d go with a clever, catchy title like Jerry Mander. Ha! But.. it turns out he is a real guy (pictured on the right) with real crazy hair and has written a book about the dangers of television. He also wrote a book about the flaws of capitalism. I get a sense he is just against things (including combs). This article is actually about the other kind of gerrymandering:
n. The practice of redrawing electoral districts to gain an electoral advantage for a political party.
You can read all about gerrymandering online. Its not a new practice. The picture below was published when the term was first coined in 1812.
What I’m wanting to show here is how this relates to a South African context. With the next municipal elections coming up soon, its interesting to see how our electoral system implements the notion of voters vs. voting district. Continue reading “Jerry Mander”
Earth, Wind and JavaScript
Sometimes I just have to marvel at the amazing things people can do with D3 and JavaScript. Cameron Beccario built “a visualization of global weather conditions forecast by supercomputers updated every three hours”. Continue reading “Earth, Wind and JavaScript”
The Wedding Photographer Problem
Jason posted yet another awesome edition of the Naked Data newsletter (which you should all definitely be reading). In this particular issue (#75) there is article entitled: Automatically generate beautiful visualisations from your data. Although there is a lot of snark in that title, the author is basically saying that good data visualisation is difficult and requires someone with training and experience if you want a decent end product. Continue reading “The Wedding Photographer Problem”
The Infographic Awakens
Since we are still in the grips of Star Wars frenzy (and the various problems in the world that need solving will still be there in tomorrow), Bloomberg created an infographic showing the use of the Force across all 7 Star Wars films. I like the adherence to the colour scheme and, since the data doesn’t actually matter, this if form over function that works well.