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Monthly Archives: March 2021

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Small Multiples: Map of Vaccine Barriers

Aside March 16, 2021 Jesse Weissman

It’s interesting to see how visualizations of the pandemic have evolved over the past year, and the NY Times is often at the forefront. This example uses small multiples, radial graphs and color to compare the barriers to vaccination by geography.

Credit: “What Are the Vaccine Roadblocks Where You Live?” The New York Times, 2/25/21.
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Small Multiples and Shadow Casting

Aside March 5, 2021 Jesse Weissman

I was browsing an exhibit of Utagawa Hiroshige when I came across these delightful examples of small multiples to teach how various shadow creations are made. I never cease to be amazed by the power and impact of this relatively simple technique for comparison.

Shadow Figures of a Lantern and a Hawk, ca. 1842
Eight Shadow Figures, ca. 1842
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  1. If you would like a “microscopic, telescopic, and kaleidoscopic view of Data Science” all in one place, I highly recommend checking out Harvard Data Science Review, a brand-new open access publication that aims to be “everything data science and data science for everyone.”

    November 15, 2019 Victoria Liublinska Prince
  2. Wow…1000 different varieties of the Periodic Table? There are a few gems in here and part of me appreciates no-nonsense, circa 1997 look of the site. There is no table too sacred for periodic redesign…

    • NY Times Article
    • Internet Database of Periodic Tables
    October 30, 2019 Jesse Weissman
  3. Data privacy as a property right…and getting paid a dividend for our social media contributions. Interesting interview of Andrew Yang in The New York Times. https://nyti.ms/2OPEkYv

    October 23, 2019 Jesse Weissman
  4. Dems need more online spend. 2019 spending by Trump for online ads is ~$16 mil…equal to the top three Democratic candidates combined (as of 9/12). https://nyti.ms/2MkY70g

    October 23, 2019 Jesse Weissman
  5. …finally…a data visualization we can drink to.  Historical Major League Baseball Beer Prices.

    October 26, 2018 Jesse Weissman Leave a comment
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  1. When somebody comes to the analytics team with a request and says, “Hey, I’d like you to run this report,” the analytics team is expected to not just send the report but also teach the person how to run it in the future and make sure that the request doesn’t come in again.

    “Building data-driven culture: An interview with ShopRunner CEO Sam Yagan,” McKinsey Quarterly. February 2019

    Create culture through teaching

    November 18, 2019 Jesse Weissman
  2. Treating personal information as property to be licensed or sold may induce people to trade away their privacy rights for very little value while injecting enormous friction into free flow of information.

    “Why data ownership is the wrong approach to protecting privacy“
    Cameron F. Kerry and John B. Morris June 26, 2019

    It’s not your data; it’s not their data either

    November 18, 2019 Jesse Weissman
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