Culture
The Dots of Our Lives
Statistician Nathan Lau’s mesmerizing new data viz captures the chaos and calm of your daily routine.
I divide up my waking hours using meals as markers. I get to work before breakfast, enjoy a sad desk lunch (a great American tradition!), and get home before dinner. The timing of these daily food-based milestones falls pretty much in line with the average American’s routine.
FlowingData statistician Nathan Lau has been quite occupied with how people spend their time every day. He’s already represented data from the 2014 American Time Use Survey in two different visualizations. Now Lau has put out another one that perfectly captures the chaotic and calm moments of our daily drill.