Data

Humanizing Data: Highlights from EYEO 2018

A dispatch from the 2018 edition of the conference on technology and culture.
Duncan Geere
Jun 14, 2018 2 min read

Measuring Global Health with the DALY

A better statistic would balance both death and disability, weighting factors like duration of illness, severity of disability, distribution across a...
Duncan Geere
May 31, 2018 2 min read

When Charts Go Weird: The Joy of Xenographics

Xenographics can be fun alternatives to the classic bar, line, and pie chart trio–but they can also be more effective for...
Duncan Geere
May 17, 2018 2 min read

Disappearing Languages and Tooltips

Obfuscating a feature is obviously not a great solution, and it's arguably a total betrayal of the principles I laid out...
Duncan Geere
Apr 12, 2018 2 min read

Where We Live and How We Die

What a year of death looks like around the world.
Mimi Onuoha
Jun 30, 2016 6 min read

The Many Futures of Babytech

What will quantifying newborns mean for us all down the line?
Natalie Kane
Jun 28, 2016 5 min read

The Oxford Flood Network: Bringing Smart Cities to the People

Monitoring a river to warn of floods using a grassroots data collection system.
Alice Bell
Aug 28, 2014 2 min read