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Infographic Shows Where American Jobs Are Going
I came across this useful infographic from MBAProgramInfo.com, which analyzes the effect of outsourcing on the U.S. jobs picture (this image is reduced in size — click on the image to link through to...
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Infographic Maps Physicians’ Use of Online Communities
Here’s an interesting infographic from Publicis Healthware International, a healthcare-focused communication firm based in Italy. I think this is interesting and potentially useful for marketers of...
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The Virtue of Small-House Living
Over at ThomasNet Green & Clean recently, I wrote a pair of articles about small houses, with a mix of interesting photos, statistics on home sizes, and quotes from Henry David Thoreau. Here are...
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The Creative Process – How an Intricate Stop-Motion Animation Project Came to...
I just heard a fascinating interview with sculptor and stop-motion animator John Frame, who explained how his long-term project “The Tale of the Crippled Boy” came to him in a dream. Frame had been a...
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What is intelligence, and how can you get more of it?
Just a note that I have written a post over at Tools for Thinkers with brief reviews of some of my favorite books about intelligence and how to improve it if you so desire. I review books by Tony...
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Visualizing the World as 100 People
Here’s a useful infographic for the demographics geeks among us. According to this accounting, 15 out of the 100 are undernourished and one is starving. Thirteen have no safe water, 23 have no shelter....
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A Collection of Famous Authors’ Hand-Drawn Outlines
Emily Temple at Flavorwire has posted a useful assemblage of handwritten outlines by famous authors. Here’s an example by Joseph Heller — click through to see it in full size: Joseph Heller outline ARB...
View ArticleReading His Collected Poems
I read his poems Each one a few spare lines — An image of an old woman or a honeysuckle vine or a bee or a dying man. I shift in my chair, munch on salted nuts, heave a sigh. You’re the great man, Get...
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Word-Count: The Hack-Writer’s Lament
Word Count: The Hack-Writer’s Lament I know. Get the word-count down. It’s good for me? It’s what makes a good writer? Please. Murder your darlings. You mean murder the story. It would have been...
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