On Creativity, Imagination, and Technology for Researchers and Evaluators

Copyright laws and kale

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One day historians are going to look back at this era as the time in which the notion of intellectual property met its toughest challenge (or maybe even the time in which it was turned on its head).    We see skirmishes taking place in the ongoing … [Continue reading]

Mass survey reminder emails are inadequate

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Email blasts are often not enough to get people to respond to surveys, but we often settle for this type of mass communication when launching on the web. If you want/need a high response it's all about continuous individualized follow-up. Oh, and … [Continue reading]

Animation and Poetry

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Today's cartoon inspired by poet Billy Collins' Ted Talk (embedded below). I feel like animation is witnessing a rebirth as speakers seek ways to enrich their online presentations. Definitely watch this talk, he's a funny guy. … [Continue reading]

Doing what you love, a conversation with Ray Bradbury

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Brain Pickings posted a short video conversation with Ray Bradbury the other day. Something he said at the end of the video inspired this cartoon. http://youtu.be/EzD0YtbViCs … [Continue reading]

Annotating a Paul Ryan budget chart

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I was leafing through the house republican budget the other day, it is chock full of charts. Lots of examples of how to visualize political bunk. One of the first charts seemed a little silly, so I thought I would annotate it with a few of my … [Continue reading]