OK, so you turned in a proposal or two last Friday for Eval 2012 and now you wait to find out if you will make that list of presenters. While you wait, why not start a blog? Before you make your excuse, hear me out. It’s not that you don’t have the time to blog, […]
Researchers and evaluators, you should know about APIs
Application Programming Interfaces will become increasingly more important to research and evaluation as the years go on. But, if you’re like many of my colleagues, chances are you don’t know anything about APIs. It’s time to learn, start by checking out this article from Programmable Web. If you’re only going to glance, I suggest scrolling […]
What happens when you use the 1 percent meme about women and land ownership
Just because a stat or “fact” is widely presented, and fits well in your story, doesn’t make it true. With all the Kony 2012 and Mike Daisey talk I keep seeing this argument for popular misinformation. You know the one that says bad data and lies are okay as long as the ends justify the […]
Mike Daisey and the justifications of a liar
This American Life retracted a very powerful and moving story about Apple in China. It appears as though Mike Daisey took a hefty amount of creative license in his story. I appreciate creative license, but if the performance is nonfiction and the lies continue off the stage, it’s just a bunch of lies. Check out […]
The difference between public and PUBLIC
How many reports and data sets are made public, never to be seen or heard from again? Far fewer are made PUBLIC where they are sure to be seen.