Ben Martin

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

[Ben Martin @BenM_Digital]

@Sharmani We don’t talk about Bruno

(Or fight club, obviously)

[Emma Wager @emmawage]

Calling for a temporary ban on data visualization until we figure out what is going on

[Ben Martin @BenM_Digital]

Fantastic and timely thread on statistics versus anecdotes from... [checks notes]... Steak-umm?!

[Steak-umm @steak_umm]

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

[Ben Martin @BenM_Digital]

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

[Ben Martin @BenM_Digital]

Typically great example from @infobeautiful of (good) data visualization providing useful context and aiding analysis, not just adding unnecessary frills #Datavisualization https://t.co/Auap0GzvCU

[Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful]

Our #coronavirus #infographic data pack gathers the best charts in one place & adds some of our own. More: https://t.co/c9FctYxSkZ

[Ben Martin @BenM_Digital]

@Sharmani @TheEconomist You have to go 'route one' now and stream it through your phone speaker on a busy train

[Ben Martin @BenM_Digital]

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).

[Ben Martin @BenM_Digital]

@stuartcwilko @TheEconomist The 1983 trough coincides with my year of birth, but I'm putting that down to coincidence rather than correlation

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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

[Ben Martin @BenM_Digital]

Surprisingly engaging read, charting (appropriately) the rising use of graphs and #dataviz in news and beyond

https://t.co/zcyYc9y1yr

[Ben Martin @BenM_Digital]

Suitably 'Friday' fact of the day (courtesy of @MorningBrew):

Not a single UK baby born in 2016 was named Nigel. #Endangered

[Ben Martin @BenM_Digital]

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

[Kpaxs @Kpaxs]

Still the simple best explanation of what machine learning is compared to classical programming.

[Ben Martin @BenM_Digital]

Fact of the day: Sweden (90th ranked country by population) has produced the 2nd largest number of unicorn brands. #innovation #notjustflatpackfurniture

[Ben Martin @BenM_Digital]

@stuartcwilko It being ‘live’ feels a touch ironic anyway

[Ben Martin @BenM_Digital]

Mourning 2.0 - an estimated one in five U.S. funeral homes allow live streaming of services #tech

https://t.co/xnFmwSCYc2

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Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods and the the rise of ‘alt meat’ #health #sustainability

https://t.co/tJHWhBCT5L

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Full article here: https://t.co/3ZT8Dxv8kL

[Ben Martin @BenM_Digital]

Simple but effective #dataviz from @pewresearch to illustrate partisan differences in perceived threats to the US

[Ben Martin @BenM_Digital]

The graphic every parent of teenagers will fear. Part of a great #eSports deep dive in today’s @axios newsletter