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Pluck, pluck, pluck — issue #74
What would you do if you discovered a new resource growing in abundance on your land? What if it comes with a cost? Human behaviour is age-old, and we seem bound to repeat the choices that have echoed throughout history. We ponder access, utility, and the secret calculations we make every day.
Better, greener, more sustainable: But at whose expense?
We all want a better, greener, and more sustainable future, we also want abundance in agriculture, food production, and natural conservation. But adding the decolonial lens forces us to ask: At whose expense is this better, greener, more sustainable development made possible?
Imagining a Singapore before COVID-19 — issue #10
If you're anything like me, you've rather heard enough about COVID-19. Day in, day out, it seems like all we can talk about is COVID-19, our daily case numbers, and how the virus is rapidly changing our world. This should surprise no one—we
How I write data-driven stories
I’ve been a writer for almost two years now at Kontinentalist, a data-driven editorial studio in Singapore. In that time, I’ve interviewed…
Asian specialty coffee—that’s a thing?
Your local coffee shop roasts local beans, too
All of Singapore's COVID-19 clusters, in one chart — issue #9
When did you last step into the office? I did this morning, at 8 am, and realised I haven't been in the office, or seen Team A (we split our team into two) in 9 days. That's right around 168 hours, but so much has happened
COVID-19: Konti’s work-from-home experience
By now, you may have seen the phrase ‘flatten the curve’ floating around the Internet.
Apps to get you through working-from-home due to COVID-19
Working-from-home apps to get you through COVID-19 Ever since Singapore went to DORSCON Orange, the Kontinentalist team, like many other companies, has been on work-from-home (WFH) arrangements to minimise the possibility of a spread of COVID-19. Here are our favourite apps (so far) for
55 days in Japan: one lifetime, one opportunity
It’s not every day that you get an opportunity to spend two months in Japan, all expenses paid, to learn things. So when I heard about the…
How to market a Kontinentalist Story
Our thought process behind marketing stories rich with data visualisations.
To graduation and beyond: how I went from an Environmental Studies student to a data storyteller
“What are you going to do after you graduate?”
Musings of a history major in the field of data visualisation
“Oh, study history. Next time you’ll be a teacher, right?”
A timeline of how Singapore is battling COVID-19 — issue #8
So, COVID-19 was a perfect storm. The virus surfaced almost exactly as millions of Chinese people began traveling for their Lunar New Year celebrations. It's been about a month since the virus was first confirmed in Singapore, and it has since consumed our society. It's
How to edit your own writing
Not everyone has the luxury of having an editor. Our new editor, Kenneth, shares a checklist of what you can do to make sure your writing…