This cartoon is a tension attacker. It’s not designed to judge. It’s designed to spark. If you’re on the program side, you have to believe the program works. If it didn’t, why are you committing so much of yourself. You likely have your own evidence to support that notion. From the evaluation side, you need […]
Ok Seth Godin, I’m going to tell a story
If you read enough Seth Godin, he starts to wear you down (or build you up?). At first you just listen and wonder how this guy became so famous. Then after he simply lays out point after point you start to figure him out. It’s not any single post, book, or talk. It’s the consistency […]
Saturday PSA: Upload a picture
A few ways to get a picture to put in your online profiles… Use a smart phone Webcam on your computer Draw one Snag one from Facebook (right click, save as) Digital camera Ask someone who has a smart phone to take one for you Find a person who kinda looks like you
Want your tweets unique, try writing them in Haiku, here is a cartoon
Can a several centuries old form of poetry be an alternative? No doubt. Especially if you use the form to Tweet. Maria Gajewski got the whole Evaluation Haiku thing started earlier this year. More recently it sprung back up in the ongoing #eval twitter conversation. I'll leave the rest of the chronicling to Ann Emery […]
Behind my cartoons with a guest cartoon by John Gargani
Every once in awhile I get asked how I create my cartoons. While my preferred answer is “magic” the actual answer is my iPad and the Sketchbook Pro App. John Gargani captured my process vividly with this cartoon. I didn't even know the Minneapolis convention center had rafters…
I am the null hypothesis
The null hypothesis is immensely powerful. It doesn’t have to be proven, it just is. You don’t have to explain why you’re using Word to write a report or Power Point to give a presentation. You don’t have to explain why you present at conferences or write for a journal. They are already accepted, they […]
A slideshow of words
How often are we given undivided attention? Then, when we get it, how often do we waste the moment on a boring presentation?
My most powerful cartoon to date
This is not a cartoon, it’s a conversation starter. When I show this to a colleague or friend I get a story. Sometimes the story is about their first job in an office nowhere close to natural light. Other times the story is about being tied to a computer, trapped indoors. Not the usual “uh […]
Day of Random: In the end, there was a single firework
So Sundays are going to be my “Day of Random.” It’s my blog’s least busiest day and giving it my least coherent post seems to make sense. I drew this cartoon, wrote the caption, and have no idea what it really means. Sure, another blogger might never let a cartoon like this see the light […]
After losing a Twitter follower
Ok, so I really shouldn’t be bothered. In the past few weeks I’ve gained a number of new Twitter followers, which makes me happy… But I lost one, and not a random one. Someone I have connected with in the past, someone I respect. Everyone has a different Twitter strategy. Sometimes that strategy changes and […]
I think John Gargani is following me
How many times must you see someone out of the corner of your eye before it seems more than mere coincidence? At a large conference there are going to be people you never see, there will also be people you see everywhere. The coincidence shaking moment happened when I saw John Gargani at Jeff Wasbes’ […]
New technology loop
One of the things I’m trying to do more this year is reach out to my colleagues for cartoon inspiration. As much as I could just sit and cartoon daily from the thoughts bouncing around in my head, reaching out for cartoon ideas really tests me and, ultimately, produces cartoons that are more meaningful. The […]