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Intuitive Statistics

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Posted on Sep 15 2010 by Daniel

Almost everyone takes a statistics class as part of their college career, but how many of us retain that knowledge past the final exam?


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  Tags: statistics Category: EcoMetrics, Presentation

The Political Chemistry of Oil

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Posted on Sep 7 2010 by Daniel

All the world’s a stage, and nothing produces drama quite like an oil spill. But one should look behind the curtains to really understand our dependence on the pump.


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  Tags: gulf, oil, TEDTalks Category: Energy, Policy, Pollution, Presentation

JMP Users Unite

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Posted on Aug 19 2010 by Daniel

Got data? Want to learn how to make the most of it? Come join the JMP users in RTP.


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  Tags: JMP Category: Presentation

A Vision of Sound

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Posted on Jul 19 2010 by Daniel

I always knew that music was art – I just didn’t realize it could be a visual art.


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  Tags: cymatics, sound, TEDTalks Category: InfoVis, Nature, Presentation

The Other Side

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Posted on Jun 21 2010 by Daniel

The nation is up in arms over the Gulf oil spill, but is there an even greater environmental catastrophe on the other side of the world and at the end of oil’s life cycle?


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  Tags: ocean, pacific gyre, plastic, PopTech Category: Presentation, Solid Waste, Water

Webinar: Green Tech Showcase

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Posted on Jun 8 2010 by Daniel

Tune in on June 9th, 2010 to hear me present on how UNC is slashing up to 50% of a building’s yearly energy consumption.


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  Tags: efficiency, HVAC, UNC, visualization, webinar Category: Energy, InfoVis, Presentation

When “Reuse” is Wrong

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Posted on May 26 2010 by Daniel

You’ve spilled some food, and don’t know whether it’s better to clean the mess with paper towels or a kitchen sponge. The embodied energy of simple decisions may surprise you.


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  Tags: buildings, embodied energy, LCA, TEDTalks, Water Category: EcoMetrics, Energy, InfoVis, Presentation, Water

BookLight: The Back of the Napkin by Dan Roam

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Posted on May 20 2010 by Daniel

Can drawing help you solve problems and sell ideas?


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  Tags: BookLight, drawing, visualization Category: Design, Presentation

To Tweet or Not to Tweet

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Posted on Apr 26 2010 by Daniel

Tweet Call me a luddite, but I just don’t know if I’m ready for Twitter.  I mean, I get the concept of micro-blogging, and I certainly have a lengthy backlog of links and stories that I’ll never have time to macro-blog about, but is there real value in the hit-and-run style of Twitter? According to [...]


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  Tags: carbon footprint, twitter Category: Carbon, Energy, Presentation

5 Rules for Presentations

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Posted on Jan 19 2010 by Daniel

TweetIf you give presentations, and I suspect you do, there’s a lot you can do to make them more interesting, more engaging, and best yet, get people to respond with action. The folks over at Duarte Design have put together a short list of 5 rules, and a slideshow that puts them to use.  As [...]


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  Tags: Design, powerpoint Category: Presentation
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