This project was inspired by Elizabeth Warren's book
However, Elizabeth Warren isn't the only one to talk about using this guideline and it has recently been popularized by LearnVest. If anything, this is a concervative look at how to manage money, and people should be saving more.
Amy Cesal started this project as a series of posters for Andy Kirk's class in the Information Visualization program at MICA. Daniel Doherty stepped in to help the project realize its full potential as an interactive website.
Amy is a full time, remote graphic designer for the federal government by day and a recent graduate of the masters program in Information Visualization program at MICA. She currently lives in the midwest after almost 10 years in DC.
Daniel is a freelance senior interactive producer and technologist based in Portland, OR. He is also a recent graduate of the Information Visualization program at MICA, studying interactive data visualization, as well as a new father.