questions and data

I’ve been a pretty serious tennis fan since high school. Back then, Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras were still battling it out, along with Justine Henin-Hardenne (now Justine Henin) and Kim Clijsters. It was great fun to watch. [Read More]

I’ve been a San Francisco Giants fan for as long as I can remember. And recently I had the opportunity to see my first in-person game of the season as the Giants took on the Miami Marlins at home on June 18, 2018. The week prior we had somehow lost... [Read More]

A couple months ago, my wife, sister, brother-in-law, and I were discussing what we’d like to go get for dinner that night. After some ideas were tossed around that didn’t gain much traction, I proposed the idea of grabbing food at the nearby taco truck. My wife and I had... [Read More]

For a few years now, my wife and I have sponsored a little girl through Compassion International. For those unfamiliar with Compassion, here is a blurb from their website: [Read More]

One form of data visualization that has always stood out to me is the bubble chart (essentially a less organized version of a treemap). Now, many people argue that it is nearly always the case that a simple bar chart can convey the data much more clearly and efficiently than... [Read More]