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How cool is this dataviz project?!
National Eye Institute: Interactive Eye Graphic
The challenge The eye is a complex organism and the various stages of diseases and conditions affect the individual parts in specific ways. We created an interactive eye graphic tool that shows an anatomically correct eyeball in different angles and with different stages of cer…
U.S. National Water Safety Action Plan
The challenge The U.S. National Water Safety Action Plan (USNWSAP) has a clear mission: Prevent drowning in the United States through evidence-informed action. In order to achieve this a database of 98 Action Recommendations was created. Making this database easy to navigate and implement is…
#Open-To-Work
The morning of November 6th 2024, I told my partner Laura: "This isn't just horrible news in general, it's probably going to cost me my job". Turns out that was true. So, as I prepare for what's next, I'm officially "open to work". As you…
Bite-sized book review: Playground — Richard Powers
I came close to not finishing this a few times. I didn't dislike it but never really got into it. The ending felt a bit gimmicky.
Does listening to an audiobook count as "reading"? I'm not sure it does. Either way, I listened to Craig Mod reading his (audio)book Things Become Other Things while working in the yard. Craig made the opposite move from me, he emigrated from the US. I immigrated here instead. It felt perfectly appropriate to listen to Craig's story while tending to my little suburban piece of America.
Go give it a listen, or read the actual book. I highly recommend it. If you listen to the audiobook, don't miss the photos, they're in the extras.
I recently reread The Vignelli Canon, still as great and inspiring as ever.
I don't usually get too excited about winning industry awards. Making digital products better isn't — and shouldn't be — a competition. That said, the Show Me for Emergencies app (Android, iOS) deserves all the recognition and promotion it can get. It was an honor and a pleasure to be a part of the team bringing this to life.
I love fun, creative, data visualization. Information is Beautiful is a source of endless inspiration. This interactive visualization of how true "based on a true story" films actually are, is a great example.