More Humorous/Interesting Info-graphics Based on Songs

brianmn Originally uploaded by boyshapedbox Links to a large set of graphics on flickr based on songs. I didn’t recognize some of the songs but there are lots of fun things to think about. In terms of class use – great art projects, great ways to introduce graphing or diagramming flow charts. Even if you […]

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To Clarify Add Detail

I bounced from this O’Reilly post to this Edward Tufte video on the iPhone. It’s a big file but fairly short and worth listening to if just for the last few lines. To clarify add detail. Clutter and overload are not an attribute of information. They are failures of design. If the information is in […]

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Welcome to Nonprogramistan

nonprogramistan Originally uploaded by bionicteaching Thought some of you might get a kick out of this graphic that’ll be part of a presentation Jim Groom and I are working on. The premise is that a variety of recent technologies allow the creation of mashups and other interesting web based options without the need for programming […]

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More Limited Communication Purity

Apparently, I really like the idea cutting down communication to it’s purest form. (that’s really pompous sounding)- I like short writing. I like the idea that you have to pack as much as possible in just a few words. Boing Boing has come through again by finding a book dealing with 6 word memoirs by […]

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Google Forms to Exhibit Example (POC)

So, I’ve managed to create two quick websites for work that are driven by Google’s new form option for getting data into spreadsheets. I’ve put a quick example of a log here. Feel free to enter data etc. It’s up there to play around with and hopefully is simple enough to help people figure out […]

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Just in time tech . . .

Google spreadsheets now lets you share editing by sending out a custom form. This is a huge deal. No, really. Huge. It solves so many problems I see happening all the time in schools. This is such a great way to get large amounts of information from all sorts of people of varying technical skill […]

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