Leading Causes of Death
It’s a beautiful snowy morning in New England. There’s a fire in the fireplace, and my husband is reading the newspaper with two pups snoozing away at his feet. It’s…
Mekko Charts
I’m a long (long)-time devotee of the iconic Marimekko designs and textiles. I have Marimekko clothes (I’m sure they’re considered vintage now), and in my daughter’s bedroom I splurged on…
Hospital Charge Data — More Than Meets the Eye
I have watched with great interest as the U.S. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has made hospital charge data available to the public, and different groups have begun…
You Can Learn A Lot From a Watermelon Mojito
Sadly, the long, lazy afternoons making and sipping my favorite summer cocktail -- a watermelon mojito -- are winding down. I love this drink, made with fresh watermelon purée, mint,…
Visualize a New Approach
Hey, guess what I did last week? My husband and I finally realized our dream of owning a boat. We even named it Visualize -- for all the reasons you…
How to Create a Geographical Heat Map
A heatmap is when color is used to encode quantitative values. The most familiar type is one that encodes values on an actual geographical map like those used in the…