Monthly Archives: November 2009

‘Twas the Day Before Thanksgiving, and All Through the Mall…

There are lots of kids running in the Natick Collection Mall today.  A girl runs ahead of her strolling father on the lower level.  A boy runs up to a woman in a chair, taps her back, then runs away.  … Continue reading

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To My Kindle Subscribers: Apologies for RSS Glitch

My sister tonight asked me about my weirdly brief blog post yesterday on Edward Tufte, and I explained that I had inadvertently clicked on “Publish” very early in the drafting process. This is what showed up on the Kindle subscriptions, … Continue reading

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Whatever It Takes to Explain Edward Tufte

Edward Tufte, Yale professor emeritus and information design guru, sets a high but liberating standard.  One must do “whatever it takes” to explain something.  Including him. Why I Went: I noticed somewhere on the Internet a couple of years ago … Continue reading

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Were You There When They Passed Health Care, Great-Grampa?

The moment came like a mouse poking its nose into a room.  CSPAN’s “Yea” total morphed from 217 to 218, the number required for passage of HR 3962, the “Affordable Health Care for America Act.” I was in the guestroom … Continue reading

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