Visual Storytelling

The Best Airline Based on Delays

John — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:49:23 +0000

Fascinating post on airline arrival delays. Well worth your time reading the approach to cancel out weather and busy airports to arrive at a reasonably fair summary of delays.

The data is available at the Bureau of Transportation Statistics if you fancy seeing how your favorite airline does.

App Store Apps

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:01:22 +0000

Why do people insist on using a pie chart when a bar chart does the job so much better? I guess it’s because the count adds up to 100%. Still, the pie chart is next to useless for comparing the figures. You also constantly need to switch between the legend and the chart.

Punctuation is Sexy

John — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:56:56 +0000

From http://storms.typepad.com/booklust/2007/03/punctuation_is_.html

Photographer’s life in graph

John — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:47:43 +0000

Following on nicely from the last post, here is the story of a photographer’s life.

There’s a lot to see in this graph, which is part of its allure. The ups and downs of how good you think you are vs. the quality of your photos. The HDR hole can be telling for those that have plundered into it’s depths. Not just a graph for photographers me thinks!

Joy vs. Hassle

John — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:07:08 +0000

Seth tells us a story with a simple graph. The story of why we put up with hassles.

When we start an endeavor, there is some joy, but a whole bunch more hassle. As time goes by, we get more proficient. We receive more joy and less hassle. If we continue, we will come up to the dip. A place where most people give up. We have to work really hard to get past the dip and onto the other side. Eventually we grow tired of the endeavor and move on to something else.

The size of each of the areas varies of course depending on the endeavor and your motivations. The green dot is someone on the other side telling us how about how amazing it is on the other side.

If you want to receive joy from something, making it through all of the hassles, find someone on the other side that can pull you through.