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• Making data tell its story

  June 2, 2010 in design, maps, visualization techniques

  from O’reilly’s “What is Data Science” by Mike Loukides.

  Making data tell its story
  A picture may or may not be worth a thousand words, but a picture is certainly worth a thousand numbers. The problem with most data analysis algorithms is that they generate a set of numbers. To understand what the numbers mean, the stories [...]

• Don’t drop that ‘I’!

  April 17, 2009 in newspapers

  Have you received an email from a techie recently that looks like this?
  “Had a hard time getting the X installed but is working fine now. Will be back in 10 minutes. Happy to hear responses then.”
  Dropped your ‘I’? Here, let me get that for you.
  There is a trend in techie communication where people are dropping [...]

• Natalie Jeremijenko will be talking at OCAD Thursday, February 12, at 6:45 p.m.

  February 9, 2009 in design, social change

  I’m very excited about this talk. OCAD is running a great series of speakers who give unconventional perspectives on design, for free! I’ve been reading about Natalie Jeremijenko and I am smitten! She has a though training in many science and engineering practices but finds way to use these skills to produce objects that delight [...]

• My LG 150 cell phone quietly recalled for emitting too much radiation

  February 3, 2009 in newspapers

  Well I’ve never trusted cell phones, and people who try to get a hold of me using my cell number quickly realize I never recharge it and and I almost never take it out. It’s a resource of last resort – something I bought when I first moved to Toronto and needed a phone number, [...]

• Dora de Pédery-Hunt, word map using ’she’

  January 23, 2009 in newspapers

  Read the section15.ca original story here