Until I Wikipedia’d the phrase the other day, I didn’t know it was derogatory to call someone a Jack of all trades. Apparently you need to be a renaissance man to be cool. Of course maybe the web changes that…
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Toon: Built in a day
Just imagine if they set the bar that high…
Video: RSA Film Competition
The RSA is having a film competition and is down to a 5 finalists. Short animated videos have a lot of potential as reporting tools, one of these days I hope to create a few of my own.
Web Classic: Hans Rosling from TED 2007
Trying something new this weekend. As a blogger I think it’s easy to get wrapped up in only posting the brand new. But there are ancient web videos (videos over 6 months old…) that are well worth watching, or re-watching. Hans Rosling’s first TED talk was in 2006, but this 2007 talk is my favorite.
Toon: Pac-man and Outcomes
Pac-man came up in a conversation I was having a couple of weeks ago. The point that was made, all Pac-man games end the same way, with a dead Pac-man…
Toon: Pizza Bar Chart
This cartoon was inspired by John Gargani’s post from earlier this week: Should the Pie Chart Be Retired.