Visualization Friday – Beautiful, Functional, and Effective
We can all learn from this great role model, aimed at personal nutrition awareness and education: Nutritiondata.com . I encourage you to click on the images below to visit the site and explore...
View ArticleSpeaking in Michigan on Tuesday
Andrew Stewart and I will be speaking at the University of Michigan SUMIT_09 on Tuesday. We’re on 10:30-11:25. If you’re in the area, please come by.
View ArticleOoops! and Ooops again!
Those of you who’ve heard me speak about the New School with slides have probably heard me refer to this as an astrolabe: Brett Miller just emailed me and asked (as part of a very nice email) “isn’t...
View ArticleMiscommunicating risks to teenagers
Security programs that depend on 100% compliance are a bad idea, especially if they depend on 100% compliance from people who are proven to be poor in compliance capabilities. Case in point: I saw a...
View ArticleThe Visual Display of Quantitative Information
In Verizon’s post, “A Comparison of [Verizon’s] DBIR with UK breach report,” we see: Quick: which is larger, the grey slice on top, or the grey slice on the bottom? And ought grey be used for...
View ArticlePie charts are not always wrong
In a comment, Wade says “I’ll be the contrarian here and take the position that using pie charts is not always bad.” And he’s right. Pie charts are not always bad. There are times when they’re ok. As...
View ArticleWhat They Know (From the WSJ)
Interesting interactive data app from the Wall Street Journal about your privacy online and what various websites track/know about you. http://blogs.wsj.com/wtk/ Full disclosure, our site uses Mint...
View ArticleSelf Promotion: A Little Interview about Alex @ RSA
Self Promotion time, sorry for the spam, but I think the stuff I’ll be participating in at RSA is pretty NewSchool. Here’s an interview that talks about both of the things I’ll be doing and you can...
View ArticleNew School of Information Security Book Reading at Ada’s
Last Sunday, I did a book reading at Ada’s Technical Books. As I say in the video, I was excited because while I’ve talked about the New School, and I’ve given talks about the New School, I hadn’t done...
View ArticleHow to Ask Good Questions at RSA
So this week is RSA, and I wanted to offer up some advice on how to engage. I’ve already posted my “BlackHat Best Practices/Survival kit. First, if you want to ask great questions, pay attention. There...
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