Tiffany Farrant-Gonzalez: Information Design

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:14:00 +0100

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”

- Mark Twain

I got a little cabin fever-y cooped up in the house today, so I...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:57:00 +0100

I got a little cabin fever-y cooped up in the house today, so I took my office on the road to my favourite coffee shop in Bath.

"Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:57:32 +0100

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”

- Arthur C. Clarke (via brain-food)

Ponderings on the Tumblr Acquisition

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:46:00 +0100

I believe it has just been officially announced that Yahoo has acquired Tumblr for $1.1bn. It sort of terrifies me that a company can spend $1.1bn on anything! Surely that amount of money could be used for bettering the planet in some way? Or invested in something a bit more worthwhile?

On an unrelated note: It cost just $820m to build, launch, land and operate the Spirit and Opportunity Rovers on Mars…

Recurring Developments My buddies over at Beutler Ink created...

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:10:20 +0100

Recurring Developments

My buddies over at Beutler Ink created this fantastic visualisation detailing all of the recurring jokes in Arrested Development. I am so excited to see how it’s taken the world by storm in the last 48 hours! Read all about the development of the project over on their blog, and of course, go check it out!

The Ultimate Spaceship Face-Off A nice, simple way to represent...

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:54:52 +0100

The Ultimate Spaceship Face-Off

A nice, simple way to represent the highly speculative search for the fastest ship in science fiction. Can Galactica out-fly the Starship Enterprise? Pick your destination and find out!

View full visualisation over on Slate.

I saw Star Trek and I wish the whole movie had been about them...

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:46:21 +0100

I saw Star Trek and I wish the whole movie had been about them being a super fashionable space biker gang with their space-leather jackets.

Awesome illustration by gingerhaze

The World as 100 People - I don’t think the data is...

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:04:00 +0100

The World as 100 People - I don’t think the data is presented in the most effective way, but interesting and eye-opening stuff nonetheless

(via jtotheizzoe)

Melon: Track Your Focus

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:04:00 +0100

Melon is a headband and mobile app duo that tracks and helps you improve your focus in relation to your activity, your environment, your emotions, and any other behavior you want to track.

This product is exactly what I’ve been looking for! Working from home has a lot of upsides, but it can be hard to continually remain focused when your means of connecting to the outside world are platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Knowing when your focus drops throughout the day and what stimuli actually helps to increase your focus, could be incredibly useful to someone like me.

This is a great example of how data collection can really be used to inform the future choices you make and subsequently help you improve and grow on a personal level.

Back the project over on Kickstarter

Space Oddity Astronaut Chris Hadfield singing David...

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:41:00 +0100

Space Oddity

Astronaut Chris Hadfield singing David Bowie’s Space Oddity… in space! Perhaps the most expensive music video ever made. Totally worth it.

Seriously, this guy is my hero!

Bolides Using data from the Meterological Society BOLIDES is an...

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:35:23 +0100

Bolides

Using data from the Meterological Society BOLIDES is an attempt to visualize and explore the meteorites that have collided with the Earth. The visualization focuses mainly on meteorites that were eye-witnessed when falling and hitting the ground.

Chineasy

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:26:04 +0100

Chineasy is a visual-based learning system which teaches Chinese characters, simple stories & phrases.

Their aim is to “bring down the great wall of Chinese language” by combining Chinese characters with pictograms.

Here is Today - A delightfully simple visualisation illustrating...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:16:48 +0100

Here is Today - A delightfully simple visualisation illustrating the unimaginably vast scale of time

(via wiederkehr)

Magazine Article on Infographics

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:16:00 +0100

Way back in December I co-wrote an article all about creating infographics, for the print edition of .net magazine. I have just been reliably informed that you can now read the full article online over on their website. Exciting!

Nothing quite beats a good spread in a magazine, though (^_^)

How Far is it to Mars? - A simple visualisation that really puts...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:31:53 +0100

How Far is it to Mars? - A simple visualisation that really puts this unfathomable distance into perspective

The husband and I went on a rather rainy, but refreshing, 12km...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:57:36 +0100

The husband and I went on a rather rainy, but refreshing, 12km hike around the skyline of Bath yesterday. Due to what most people would consider as “atrocious weather” the woodland trails were practically deserted and it felt as if we were the only people for miles around.

There’s really nothing quite like a good, long walk in the rain up in the hills to really recharge your batteries.

Chart of Charts - Ever needed to pick a chart based on its...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:51:00 +0100

Chart of Charts - Ever needed to pick a chart based on its potential for hilarity? No? Well now you can with this handy… uh… chart

Yay! My copy of Facts are Sacred arrived!

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:24:00 +0100

Yay! My copy of Facts are Sacred arrived!

"There’s a strand of the data viz world that argues that everything could be a bar chart...."

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:35:29 +0100

“There’s a strand of the data viz world that argues that everything could be a bar chart. That’s possibly true but also possibly a world without joy”

- Amanda Cox, 2013 (Read the full article)

This Week in Data Visualisation #7 A quick round-up of all...

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:37:18 +0000

2012 Felton Report

Map of the World

Mapping Twitter Employee Conversations

Every Asteroid to Hit Earth

3D Papercraft Charts

This Week in Data Visualisation #7

A quick round-up of all things data-related over the past 7 days. This week I take a look at the new Felton report, an interactive visualisation of the conversations between Twitter employees and a map that shows every meteorite that’s hit the Earth. Have a read over on the JESS3 blog