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Ben Martin @BenM_Digital

'Work' account: fewer puns, more digital data, visualisations and research. Senior Insights Director.

Joined November 2013
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Emma Wager@emmawage
28 Apr 2020
Calling for a temporary ban on data visualization until we figure out what is going on
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Fantastic and timely thread on statistics versus anecdotes from... [checks notes]... Steak-umm?!
Steak-umm
@steak_umm
7 Apr 2020
friendly reminder in times of uncertainty and misinformation: anecdotes are not data. (good) data is carefully measured and collected information based on a range of subject-dependent factors, including, but not limited to, controlled variables, meta-analysis, and randomization
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Fascinating from a #BehavioralScience point of view, the impact of data vs. emotive / personal stories in steering people’s attitudes and activities around this crisis
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Typically great example from @infobeautiful of (good) data visualization providing useful context and aiding analysis, not just adding unnecessary frills #Datavisualization x.com/infobeautiful/status/1…

Information is Beautiful
@infobeautiful
9 Mar 2020
Our #coronavirus #infographic data pack gathers the best charts in one place & adds some of our own. More: bit.ly/39ErrIb
#Coronavirus Contagiousness vs Deadliness

ALT #Coronavirus Contagiousness vs Deadliness

#Coronavirus Fatality Rate By Country - 9th March 2020

ALT #Coronavirus Fatality Rate By Country - 9th March 2020

Disease Deaths per Day Worldwide - 9th Mar 2020

ALT Disease Deaths per Day Worldwide - 9th Mar 2020

#Coronavirus online news mentions - 3rd Mar 2020

ALT #Coronavirus online news mentions - 3rd Mar 2020
Simple is often best. Multiple clear stories in a good old-fashioned stacked bar chart from @TheEconomist. The death of cassettes, rise and fall of CDs, explosion of streaming, and recent vinyl revival (threatening to overtake CDs for the first time since mid-80s).
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Because it's the most pressing thing on your mind on a Monday... data from Bloomberg on the global price of bacon
Surprisingly engaging read, charting (appropriately) the rising use of graphs and #dataviz in news and beyond priceonomics.com/when-did-ch…

When Did Charts Become Popular? - Priceonomics

There were no charts in the newspaper 100 years ago. Today, data visualization in the media is ubiquitous. What took so long?

priceonomics.com
Suitably 'Friday' fact of the day (courtesy of @MorningBrew): Not a single UK baby born in 2016 was named Nigel. #Endangered
Interesting data from the UN on ‘World’s Most Visited Countries’ - UK slides from 6th to 10th in 10 years (Source: @axios newsletter) #travel #tourism
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Kpaxs
@Kpaxs
18 Aug 2019
Still the simple best explanation of what machine learning is compared to classical programming.
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Fact of the day: Sweden (90th ranked country by population) has produced the 2nd largest number of unicorn brands. #innovation #notjustflatpackfurniture
Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods and the the rise of ‘alt meat’ #health #sustainability outsideonline.com/2399736/im…
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Mourning 2.0 - an estimated one in five U.S. funeral homes allow live streaming of services #tech wired.com/story/funerals-liv…

Now Even Funerals Are Livestreamed—and Families Are Grateful

With friends and relatives dispersed, a growing number of funeral homes will stream services, and demand is increasing.

wired.com
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Simple but effective #dataviz from @pewresearch to illustrate partisan differences in perceived threats to the US
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Full article here: people-press.org/2019/07/30/…

Climate Change and Russia Are Partisan Flashpoints in Public’s Views of Global Threats

pewresearch.org
The graphic every parent of teenagers will fear. Part of a great #eSports deep dive in today’s @axios newsletter
Interesting (or concerning if you’re not a food sharer) survey of US food delivery drivers - 28% have eaten from the order en route. cbsnews.com/news/delivery-dr…

More than a quarter of food delivery workers admit to eating people's food

New survey identifies the most common customer complaints when ordering food, as well as delivers' main beef

cbsnews.com
Finally got around to reading this - some really nice context around the rise of Aldi and the ‘Aisle of Wonder’ #retail theguardian.com/business/201…
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Laura@lauraylc3
19 Jun 2019
Actionable advice with @DevelopHerUK on how to be objective rather then personal when asking for 💰 with our fantastic panel @Stefaniesw @BenM_Digital @zoe_dubs #devhermoney @teamthread
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Essential reading for internet folks: Mary Meeker’s 2019 report (and all previous years in one place, as an added bonus) bondcap.com/#view/1
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