Tableau Public Lab Report by Kyle Palermo, June 23, 2020. Background Criminal summonses are one of four primary enforcement actions at the NYPD’s disposal (in addition to what happens off-the-books or results in death). Rather than protecting life or property, a plurality of these summonses are issued for marijuana possession or various alcohol consumption offenses……

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Introduction In the District of Columbia (DC) the laws related to the recreational use and possession of marijuana changed at the effective dates of two major milestones: Marijuana Possession Decriminalization Amendment Act in 2014 and Initiative 71 in 2015, a voter-passed ballot measure to legalize the possession, recreational use, and transfer of up to one……

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Introduction The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank with a mission to “achieve a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty.” ADB was established in 1966 and includes 68 member countries in the Asia-Pacific region in addition to Europe and the Americas.……

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Introduction For this assignment, I used statistical visualizations to understand NYPD arrest data in New York City. I chose to focus on this assignment to understand specifically the nature of NYPD’s law enforcement and how they classify their perpetrators as well as the descriptions of crimes committed. While engaging with the dataset, I chose to……

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Introduction This project aims to find patterns from the evictions that occur across the five boroughs of New York City as well as the change in eviction numbers as new tenant laws are passed and the COVID-19 pandemic changed the city. Evictions can occur for numerous reasons like failure to pay, breaking community rules or……

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INTRODUCTION Between the late 19th century and early 20th century, China experienced a series of dynamic changes that led to the full collapsation of the Qing dynasty, and the founding of the Republic of China. Internal corruption and external wars had devoured the huge empire. In these turbulent decades, rulers, gentry, farmers, and scholars all……

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Introduction I have been interested in data journalism for a few years now. But while I have seen many graphics in publications like the New York Times and FiveThirtyEight, I know relatively little about how graphics were used in media before the 2010s, and so I chose to focus my lab on the history of……

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INTRODUCTION ISOTYPE (International System of TYpographic Picture Education) was developed in 1924 as a universal picture language with the purpose of educating the public on social statistics in charts using multiples of same-size icons to represent quantitative information (as opposed to bar or line graphs). Otto Neurath, Austrian social scientist, economist, philosopher, and theorist behind……

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Introduction Calls for criminal justice reform often use powerful visualizations to illustrate the United States’ dramatic increase in incarceration rates and the stark racial disparities existing within its incarcerated population (Fig. 1). These visualizations often credit the failed policies of America’s 50 year “war on drugs” as a driving force behind mass incarceration, but often……

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Timeline.JS Lab Report by Kyle Palermo, June 9, 2019. Background This timeline attempts to place humanity’s use of color in the context of a technological struggle. Color has been part of the entire human existence but only for the last several hundred years have we been able to meaningfully exploit it; for most of our……

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Introduction Information visualization is the practice of displaying raw data through the use of charts, graphs, and images. Modern day visualizations rely heavily on computer applications and technologies. These technologies began taking shape as early as the 1600s, and have steadily advanced to where we are today. Using this timeline, I attempt to highlight some……

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Introduction Visions of a futuristic city vary greatly, but many of them almost always feature autonomous technology of some sort, especially in cars. Autonomous vehicles are seen as the future of driving as it can provide many benefits, such as the reduction of air pollution, traffic congestion, and accidents. Although the use of AI seems……

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Introduction The adventure of space exploration has been a dream of many humans on Earth throughout the ages. From the extraordinary accomplishments of the Space Race to the modern flights to the International Space Station, many astronauts have ventured out into space and have included diverse groups of individuals including women and people of color.……

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Introduction The history of User Experience is a rich history that includes a lot more than just the computer industry.  Most things we use as a human has evolved to be simpler and easier for us to use.  Even without realizing it the practice of User Experience has been put into everything we create.  The goal of User……

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INTRODUCTION MATERIALS USED TimelineJS, alongside Google sheet, was used to create the primary interface for this project. TimeLineJs uses a very interactive interface with images, videos, and text, etc. I also retrieved information via the internet regarding the referenced typed ” The Evolution of Cellular Phone. ANALYSIS LET’S TALK SPEED HIGHLIGHTS 1st Generation ” 1G”……

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