An archived stack of papers: 'students'
Explosions In Word Clouds
In a stack of papers called Reading.
- Jul
- 04
- 2008
Glancing at the design blogs today, SimpleBits brought me two things. I’ll discuss the other one later.
Be Saul Bass!
Wordle creates word clouds from any text you... read more
Been Up To: Quick Version
In a stack of papers called Instruction.
- May
- 10
- 2008
More details about all of this to come, but I’ve been really busy with work the last few months and want to at least get the beginning of this idea in front of your eyes. I feel like I’ve been cooking something up for the longest time with nothing to show for it along the way. Here’s a peek.
ROI
The biggest return on investment of my time has come from a very simple... read more
As Seen On The Web
In a stack of papers called Connections.
- Apr
- 26
- 2008
For a variety of reasons, I found myself back on Dan Cederholm’s site SimpleBits. I used to visit that site all the time, but the frequency has dropped off in the last few years. Glancing at the home page, Dan includes several quotations from folks high up in the Web design world. Thing is, most of the... read more
Abstract Art And English
In a stack of papers called Instruction.
- Dec
- 03
- 2007
On Friday, I collected a piece of writing (another paragraph) based on “Young Goodman Brown” (Word) (PDF), the short story we just read. In an effort to turn my... read more
Lil Wayne Or Snoop Dogg
In a stack of papers called Instruction.
- Dec
- 01
- 2007
What do you do when you start thinking that your subject is worthless? “You know, maybe the students are right. Maybe this is all completely irrelevant to their lives.” What do you do when you look at your content standards and think, “why would the average person need to know any of this?” What happens when you decide that what you are doing in class is not going to prepare... read more