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Lockdown Those Projections

[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/11/05/covid-graphs-wrong-death-toll-will-not-surpass-first-wave/] Another lockdown, another fake stat. Only this time, ‘wrong’ predictions which plunge a country into their needless #lockdown2. The kicker is, that imminent death guesses were reduced. By quite the chunk. From 1500 a day to 1000. The original therefore

Attenborough Witness Statement

The above is the first imagery appearing in documentary, David Attenborough; A Life On Our Planet. Well, almost. I’ve had to brighten it considerably from the actual frame. Filming the devastating drabness from the uninhabitable Chernobyl of the day. Which sadly brings perhaps the only misstep of the whole

Doodle Almost Mainstream

Most grateful to a sales manager called Maria for sending me this pic. It’s a while back, of a billboard at Chicago airport. I’m always preaching that the best reps use doodles to get points across. Grab a whiteboard pen. Take a piece of scrap paper. And scribble

US Lawmaker Slide Sign Fail

> Props to Amy Coney Barrett for keeping a straight face through Whitehouse's signs. pic.twitter.com/T7B84cfUD9 [https://t.co/T7B84cfUD9] — Steven Crowder (@scrowder) October 13, 2020 [https://twitter.com/scrowder/status/1316093838793093120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] American politics. What a pleasure it’s so often played out in full

Selling Your Security

Offer your prospects great peace of mind? Got a new security feature? Can they lock away a problem and keep it in its box? There’s all manner of metaphors for the humble padlock. I was happily reminded about this by the latest round of Apple tv ads. Whatever they

Bibi Beirut Danger Map

The national leader that loves their slidedecks the most was at it again this week. Israeli PM Netanyahu, nicknamed Bibi, displayed images for his (this year [https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of-benjamin-netanyahus-address-to-the-2020-un-general-assembly/] , virtual) UN General Assembly slot. You get a flavour from the UN’s own snap as above. An eleven

Example Scenario Not A Prediction

> You’ll probably see this chart a lot today. It’s the one @uksciencechief [https://twitter.com/uksciencechief?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] just showed at the @10DowningStreet [https://twitter.com/10DowningStreet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] briefing today. It’s v v scary & implies if the current growth rate of #COVID19

How Cutting Edge Can Your Charts Go?

> Top 10 Largest Countries by GDP (2019) 1. USA 2. China 3. Japan 4. Germany 5. India 6. UK 7. France 8. Italy 9. Brazil 10. Canadahttps://t.co/h4nq7aCSdQ via @howmuch_net [https://twitter.com/howmuch_net?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] #HowMuchDataViz [https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowMuchDataViz?src=hash&

The Social Dilemma 2020 Netflix Documentary

I nearly quit this around twenty-five minutes in. The docudrama element that ran alongside interviewee reveals was getting a touch tedious, many talking heads were blurring into one, and there was a lack of engaging arc to their narrative. I persevered. As is the motto of my alma mater. When

Board Meeting Gold Scammer Help Graphic

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QdPW8JrYzQ] We’ve all been there. We’re trying to close a deal. Then we get our contact saying something like, ‘it will not be easy to convince my company…’. This was the obstacle faced by comedian James Veitch. As recounted in his 9min