Intelligence(s)

A while back (when I first wrote this), a couple of articles related to Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences (MI) theory floated through the Twitters.  First, we have Gardner himself trying to draw a line between his MI theory and “learning styles”.  For those who are reading this and haven’t heard of MI, here’s Gardner’s own…

Week 4 Infographic Exercise: A decade of US unemployment

So this week’s infographics MOOC exercise was another draft for an interactive infographic, this time on the unemployment rate per state in the US.  The assignment was based on another DataBlog post from The Guardian which showed a choropleth map of unemployment using data over the time of Obama’s presidency. The biggest problem was that the…

Knitting!

I’ve been on a knitting kick lately. It makes for a good evening activity, as it’s something I can do while sitting on the couch and hanging out with my wife (without the mentally-distant factor that happens if I’m online or gaming).  Plus, if you’re going to be a guy who knits, might as well…