I worked on a project where I had to find the story within a large set of numbers. Primary school is an important time in a child’s life. But, in some countries, too many students per teacher in primary schools is leading to higher drop out rates. In 2005 - 2008, a primary education study from the Human Development Report 2010 indicates that the higher the number of pupils per teacher, the higher the dropout rate. In the country of Chad, there is an astonishing ratio of 176.2 students per teacher in primary grades. Not surprisingly, Chad also represents a dropout rate of over 70% in primary school grades.
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I noticed these amazing portraits created on a sidewalk. Viewing these street art portraits from this angle adds another level of perspective and interest.
The limited amount of summer weather motivates the capture of sunsets whenever possible.
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition by Edward R. Tufte was a bit of a vitamin book; I'm glad I read it just because I know it'll be good for me. Taking vitamins isn't always the most exciting task either. After reading and truly enjoying Envisioning Information by Edward Tufte, it was a no-brainer that I needed to add another of his classic books to my collection. However, I did not find as much meat in the latter. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information did address the topic well; multiple examples of using graphic design to communicate huge amounts of data were offered, and I did particularly enjoy the section on sparklines. Overall, there were some great learnings throughout the book, with a major influence towards extracting the irrelevant to create the most powerful and influential communication of information.
