Before you adopt a new piece of software, reject this statement: Switching to the alternative is no better than staying with the status quo. The status quo is how things are being done right now. Most evaluators I know don't have a software package they use for interactive visualization. So, for them, not creating interactive […]
What you already know
If you have something that needs to get done sooner than later, you should probably use a tool that you already know. Something like D3 looks neat, but if there's deadline approaching and you've never written a line of code in your life then now is likely not the time to start. The thing we […]
Reorienting, how can I help you get more value out of the web?
One summer during my undergrad years I was hiking with a good friend in western Maryland. We're both eagle scouts and had taken this hike a dozen times. So, when heading back to the car, we decided to take a shortcut. Funny thing about being lost, you often don't know you are until it's too […]