By the Numbers

by | Thursday, August 21, 2008

I just discovered a blog by Charles Blow, visual Op-Ed columnist for the NYTimes. Titled By the Numbers it is a site for “discussion about all things statistical — from the environment to entertainment — and their visual expressions.” Pretty cool. Check it out.

Topics related to this post: Creativity | Design | Good | Bad Design | Representation

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Computerized aesthetics… what’s right with that idea?

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Living words, MAET Summer 2013

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Why I like naps

... because scientific research shows that sleep enhances creativity 🙂

A brief history…

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The futures of higher ed with Phoebe Wagner

The futures of higher ed with Phoebe Wagner

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Technology & Education: A provocation

Technology & Education: A provocation

Jill Castek, at the University of Arizona, invited me to participate in an NSF funded workshop on developing "Principles for the equitable design of STEM learning environments." The event was being held at Bioshpere 2, which is this awesome place near Tucson. Because,...

Goldbach is back! New math poem

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Perspective Taking on creativity with Vlad Glaveanu

Perspective Taking on creativity with Vlad Glaveanu

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TPACK as one solution

TPACK as one solution

The Consortium of School Networking (COSN) is one of the leading associations for school system technology leaders. COSN recently released the first of three publications in their series on Driving K-12 Innovation: Hurdles 2019. The goal of this series is to...

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