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Posts by nigel holmes
We worry about our pets' feelings. "Do dogs grieve?" is a top search. We also ask "Do dogs cry tears?" 😢
A lot of WHAT WE ASK GOOGLE is actually about grief - in all forms. Even in the ways we search for our pets.
Pre-order here: whatweaskgoogle.blog
"Did you know...?" What We Ask Google is your guide to the way we search for the things that really matter to us.
Find out more: whatweaskgoogle.blog
Just finished reading the draft of this book for the second time, and it made me smile and think as much as it did the first time. Pre-order it.
Also, it's full of illustrations by @nigelblue.bsky.social. As Simon writes, "There's a joy to Nigel's work which emanates through his art to the reader."
And shoot, I HAD to ask @nigelblue.bsky.social for an isotype graphic for a math column on the base rate fallacy. I’m so glad he said yes! #sciart www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
Back when I worked on iD (the default OpenStreetMap editor) I designed over 270 bespoke map icons to illustrate various feature types. These are free and open source.
A guided gallery of my icon work is now available on my portfolio: waysidemapping.org/projects/id-...
A yellow "caution wet floor" standee. The bottom is flared so it looks like a banana peel.
Standee, deployed
This object is a legitimate masterpiece of design
It's time for a truly massive general strike. robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-enough
In the newsletter: The Open Visualization Academy is almost here. We launch next week; save the date! openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/the-open-v...
#dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism
Now I'm finally here at Bluesky :).
The cult magazine is back. The new INGRAPHICS magazine has been available to buy for a few weeks now.
INGRAPHICS is a magazine for visual thinkers. It is published in English once a year. www.schwochow.shop
hi jen, it was lovely to see you; hope your interview went well…i think mine did!
What an unexpected treat! I bumped into the one and only @nigelblue.bsky.social in the lobby at Informa in NYC today. We’re both filming videos related to our CRC books on information graphics. Nigel always brings a smile to my face.
let's get infografit book with Santa Claus hat
going to overeat at Christmas? Work it off with my new book as your guide! letsgetinfografit.com
Can't recommend this highly enough (you can skip the page where @nigelblue.bsky.social highlights me and my drums 🤣)
let's get infografit book with Santa Claus hat
going to overeat at Christmas? Work it off with my new book as your guide! letsgetinfografit.com
in england it’s always grey (in more than one sense)
Liking DIGITAL DIAGRAMS (2000) by Diagram Group’s Trevor Bounford much more than expected—And not just because it showcases lots of @nigelblue.bsky.social but that’s always a plus!
some of the contributors to my book are getting their copies already…and i haven’t seen it yet! rowland did a beautiful website for it: www.letsgetinfografit.com
have a look!
…and thanks to the careful and hardworking art department staff for those little runarounds!
my university's library sorts out old Time magazines, bound by year. And look! @nigelblue.bsky.social
thanks ken, of course i know why you ordered it…you’re in it! but thanks for the nice words!
my book Let’s Get infografit is almost out (pub date sept 5); you can pre-order it at routledge/crc press and amazon. the preview there is for the ebook version; not quite the same as the real thing! oh well…here’s the cover:
great book about an oddly great guy!
Cover to muybridge
Interior of muybridge
Interior of muybridge
Interior of muybridge
This was an absolutely great book! An amazing story, Guy Delisle dug deeply into the challenges, triumphs & horrific moments of Muybridge’s life, I learned a ton, was captivated for all of it. My dad got it first recommended - I hadn’t heard of it. Def recommend! From @dandq.bsky.social great stuff!
Combine Einstein (simple but not too simple) and @nigelblue.bsky.social (it's not about simplifying, it's about clarifying). Instead of simplifying q.b. and clarifying, you have a tool that forces you to go simpler and without options to clarify. It's unfixable, hence the cardification.
congratulations! well deserved.
Photo quilt of Muybridge images. It shows people walking, running or jumping and several sets of horses racing
The famous 1878 Horse in Motion, a set of 12 images of a race horse, Sally Gardner, at the race track in Palo Alto CA. The goal was to answer the burning question of _unsupported transit_: Is there any stage in a gallop when the horse has all 4 feet off the ground. See if you can find the frame that proves this.
A selfie photo of Eadweard Muybridge
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
💀May 8, 1904 Eadweard Muybridge died in Kingston upon Thames, England 🇬🇧
~ 1875 he developed a system for motion photography from a series of frames & pioneered the study of motion in humans and animals --a precursor of moving pictures & animated graphics.
The American Eagle, in the style of a crashed airplane
A dollar bill, with an N written in Sharpie in front of the ONE
George Washington escaping from the dollar bill using knotted sheets
Final cover, in the style of The Scream
Some of the nice ideas that didn't make the cover of The Economist this week, and the one that did
economist.com/newsletters/cover-story
Setting spotlights on @kennethfield.bsky.social and @nigelblue.bsky.social