Chart chooser… if you need help finding the right chart

I came across this nifty tool, the Juice Analytics Chart Chooser, for picking out the right chart/graphic type for the type of relationship you’re trying to show. You check off what characteristics you want to highlight in your data (comparison, distribution, composition, trend, relationship, and/or table) and it filters in the possibilities that fit your [...]

Science fair project: analysis of running pace as a function of distance

I finished my multimedia science fair project for EDU533W this afternoon. Yeah, it looks long at 103 slides. But it’s mostly overlays timed to give small chunks of information at a time. The topic isn’t what I originally planned on doing. I was hoping to do some bird surveys but it was cold and rainy [...]

One Laptop Per Child

I'm tempted to get one of these XO Laptops just to see what all the hype is all about. Plus, I like the design. Plus, wouldn't it be cool to hand-crank your laptop? Here's an MSNBC article and a link to the One Laptop Per Child main page.

Web 2.0 redux, copyright law, and awesome presentation

Lawrence Lessig's talk, How creativity is being strangled by the law, at this year's TED conference was recently posted. A few things I wanted to note.

Lessig touches on what we've been discussing about Web 2.0 and more generally, the current state of technology; that it's been easier and cheaper for people, unskilled and untrained, to [...]

PowerPoint tips

I've seen more than my fair share of awful PowerPoint presentations in the various scientific meetings and lectures. Who would have thought bright red text on a blue background could give you a headache? SInce our next project for EDU533 is a multimedia science fair presentation and most of us will be using PowerPoint or [...]