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Shift the View

One dataset.Many ways of seeing.

A recurring Parallax Studio series that takes a single governed dataset and tells it several ways — each lens revealing what the others hide.

Vol. 01–03Ongoing series
Vol. 01Parallax Studio
A century logged 24 Category 5 hurricanes — most of them recently.
1851 – 2025 · by observation era
Vol. 01 · Atlantic Hurricanes

The Anatomy of an Undercount

The Atlantic hurricane record didn’t simply gain storms over time — it gained completeness. One governed dataset, told four ways.

Climate · Historical Data Read →
Vol. 02Parallax Studio
87% published. 6% public. Both true.
2,633 datasets · where they actually live
Vol. 02 · DC Data Catalog

Published Is Not the Same as Public

The District catalogs 2,633 datasets. Shift the lens four times and four different operational truths appear — from one governed source.

Open Data · Governance Read →
Vol. 03 Parallax Studio

6,226 trips took first place. So did 328.

561,350 trips · one leaderboard, two winners
Vol. 03  ·  Capital Bikeshare

The Leaderboard Is a Lens

Rank half a million June trips by volume and a downtown commuter hub wins. Rank by average distance and the map redraws itself — two true stories, one governed source.

Urban Mobility · Open Data Read →

One governed source.
Tailored to every Perspective™.

Each volume starts from a single governed extract — same rows, same definitions — and renders it through several working dashboards, each tuned to the question one audience actually asks. Nothing is reshaped to flatter a conclusion.

The point of the series is the gap between those views: the headline number is rarely wrong, but it is rarely the whole picture. Shift the lens, and what was hidden becomes the story.