Can a several centuries old form of poetry be an alternative? No doubt. Especially if you use the form to Tweet. Maria Gajewski got the whole Evaluation Haiku thing started earlier this year. More recently it sprung back up in the ongoing #eval twitter conversation. I'll leave the rest of the chronicling to Ann Emery […]
Behind my cartoons with a guest cartoon by John Gargani
Every once in awhile I get asked how I create my cartoons. While my preferred answer is “magic” the actual answer is my iPad and the Sketchbook Pro App. John Gargani captured my process vividly with this cartoon. I didn't even know the Minneapolis convention center had rafters…
I am the null hypothesis
The null hypothesis is immensely powerful. It doesn’t have to be proven, it just is. You don’t have to explain why you’re using Word to write a report or Power Point to give a presentation. You don’t have to explain why you present at conferences or write for a journal. They are already accepted, they […]
A slideshow of words
How often are we given undivided attention? Then, when we get it, how often do we waste the moment on a boring presentation?
My most powerful cartoon to date
This is not a cartoon, it’s a conversation starter. When I show this to a colleague or friend I get a story. Sometimes the story is about their first job in an office nowhere close to natural light. Other times the story is about being tied to a computer, trapped indoors. Not the usual “uh […]
Day of Random: In the end, there was a single firework
So Sundays are going to be my “Day of Random.” It’s my blog’s least busiest day and giving it my least coherent post seems to make sense. I drew this cartoon, wrote the caption, and have no idea what it really means. Sure, another blogger might never let a cartoon like this see the light […]