July 2009
21 posts
About Me
Thanks for coming around. Here’s a short bio.
I’m an information strategist and technology enthusiast who works to help individuals and organizations of any size use new media in smarter ways. I get really excited about data presentation and marketing one’s core truths. I grew up in Athens, Georgia, and, party to escape the heat, attended Wake Forest University in...
WatchI met a cow named Candy at Kentish Town City Farm here in London, UK. This is the story of her life.
I'm a visual teacher because I'm a visual learner
I’m a little obsessed with visualization because of its direct relationship with the effectiveness of knowledge. Let me explain.
I value well transmitted, well visualized information. Knowledge that is well visualized is always more effective in practice and friendlier to teach. I’m a visual teacher because I’m a visual learner. Sketches, diagrams, images, objects, interactive...
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Is swine flu the next Al-Qaeda?
As a generally healthy, active, young person, I was not too worried about my risk of contracting swine flu until the television told me this morning that we are all going to die. Since 17 people have died in the UK from the virus, the virus is, apparently, unstoppable.
Yesterday there were more than 7,400 confirmed cases of swine flu in the UK. If the number of cases continues to grow at the...
design for the real world: water supply systems
Greater London, with a population close to that of New York City and with an unbelieveably primitive and leaky water supply system, nonetheless uses only one-fourth as much water as in consumed in New York. The reason is a biomorphic* one.
The water supply of London was laid out according to the following rules:
If an artery divides into two equal branches, these branches come off at equal...
Blur in Hyde Park was really good
Met up with some friends and new friends yesterday evening to watch a special Blur show in London’s Hyde Park. As a long time fan (albeit not as hardcore as Jennifer) I felt so excited and fortunate at the prospect of seeing them play live for the first time.
This was an opportunity I had never had when I was growing up: the English-centric Blur toured Toronto, New York, etc., but never...
in more ways than eight, the UK is lagging behind...
Examples:
un-mixed hot-cold water taps
no electric outlets in bathrooms
they still drive on the left because “if someone passing you decides to attack, you can fight back with your dominant arm”
they spend energy making the process of queueing more organised, rather than spending the same energy on making the services people queueing up for more efficient
etc.
But I still...