FreshSpectrum Information Design
I fix broken resources for evaluators and researchers.
Lately I've been bothered by the term blogosphere. Maybe it's because I hate being roped together with people like Andrew Breitbart. Or maybe it's because I hear blogosphere being used as if it was …
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I've had a busy and productive year. Of course, if you follow this blog, you would not know it. Some of the highlights include giving a presentation on web analytics, building a community of …
Earlier today I read a nice post by UNC Sociologist and Family Inequality blogger Philip N. Cohen. The post, Stop that feminist viral statistic meme, traced a popular feminism meme down to its …
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For some reason this post, published in the summer, has found a home in the back of my head. The article is titled "YouTube Better at Funny Cat Videos Than Educational Content, Professors Say." Here …
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I watched an interview with Sunni Brown on the Duarte Blog yesterday. Really interesting piece on the use of graphic facilitation. The interview is a little dated in internet terms (5 months) but …
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Ok, so I've switched hosting services and I expect some issues might arise because of the move. Good news, is that this will ultimately lead to increased activity on this site. I'm looking forward …
*My opinion follows, treat it as such* If you have any interest in infographics and data visualization you probably know the names David McCandless and Hans Rosling. They are both data viz …
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Yesterday I had the honor of being interviewed for Evidence Soup's Interview Wednesday. The blog is for people who like evidence. If you visit this site, you probably fit that category. If you …
If you follow "me" online you probably know that I am a man of two blogs, this one and http://evalcentral.com. If you only follow Fresh Spectrum you probably think, boy this guy does not post very …
In my never ending quest to continuously overextend myself I have decided to make an attempt at connecting evaluation bloggers. My plan is to create a single site that integrates feeds from a number …
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