Somewhat dating myself here, when I was a little boy, the thing we all wanted was a transistor radio. When I was 10 years old, my parents finally bought me one for $9.99, which was a lot of money in those days to spend on your kids. A transistor radio is a small portable radio […]
Readers. 2020 has been a life changing year around the world. It was like a tsunami of events ranging from the introduction of the Coronavirus and the death and destruction in its path; racial injustice marked by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many more; the U.S. 2020 Presidential Election; the passing of […]
Source: Bonner, Mehera, Here’s Literally Every Royal Family Christmas Card We Could Get Our Hands On, Cosmopolitan, December 2, 2020, https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/g34834393/royal-family-christmas-cards/. Readers. Happy holidays as we near the end of this crazy year. Here are 10 of the best royal Christmas cards throughout the years from an article in Cosmopolitan magazine. I tried to include […]
Source: Domo, Data Never Sleeps 8.0, https://www.domo.com/learn/data-never-sleeps-8. In an increasingly digital world intensified by the outbreak of COVID-19, 2020 has introduced a new era where technology and data have taken more significant roles in our daily lives. As we learn to adapt to this new era, data never sleeps. Data is constantly being generated in […]
This was something that Nathan Yau previously posted on his well-known Flowingdata blog. Thought I would share. I hope you all are safe, healthy and doing well. Michael
Per Jenna Ross of Visual Capitalist, Few investors could have predicted that a viral outbreak would end the longest-running bull market in U.S. history. Now, the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed stocks far into bear market territory. From its peak on February 19th, the S&P 500 has fallen almost 30%. While this volatility can cause investors to panic, it’s […]
I hope all of you are safe and healthy. Working at home does have its benefits, but it also has its drawbacks of being isolated from the rest of the world. My wife and I get up early every day, make sure we take showers and get dressed, and walk the dogs in the evenings […]
Here is my #MakeoverMonday for Week 4. Inspiration by Maria Brock. Here is the link to my dataviz for this week on Tableau Public.
Readers, One of my favorite sources for infographics is The South China Morning Post. They have created a wonderful infographic that explains Covid-19 in great visual detail. Here is the link. I thought I would post about one aspect of this story: the animal meats where the virus may have originated. The outbreak has been […]
