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Recipe for Creativity


Science or Magic?

1 problem
10 lbs detachment from ego
3 cups butter and flour
A pinch of competitiveness
1 moderate amount of good cheese and wine
1 atom of god

Set your pasion to º450 F and find a problem to work with. Throw all ingredients into a pot and let stew for 2 days. Set your table with the tools that you have. Imagine what the problem looks like when it is solved? How do you present it to your guests? Stew is ready when these questions are clear. Stylize to taste.

Feeds the whole world

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Field trip! Edward Tufte in San Diego


Edward Tufte
“The Da Vinci of Data” —New York Times

Tufte’s writing is important in such fields as information design and visual literacy, which deal with the visual communication of information. He coined the term “chartjunk” to refer to useless, non-informative, or information-obscuring elements of quantitative information displays.

He uses the term “data-ink ratio” to argue against including non-informative decoration in visual displays of quantitative information. He claims that ink should only be used to convey and display significant data. In Visual Display, Tufte states:

“Sometimes decorations can help editorialize about the substance of the graphic. But it’s wrong to distort the data measures—the ink locating values of numbers—in order to make an editorial comment or fit a decorative scheme.”

    Trip Details:
     

  • 9:00a-4:30p August 18th, 2008
  • $285 registration (after 25% group discount)
  • Includes all four of Edward Tufte’s books; Visual Explanations, Envisioning Information, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, and Beautiful Evidence 

http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/courses

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The Seo Rapper is Keepin’ it Real Compliant


Design Code by The Poetic Prophet (AKA The SEO Rapper)

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