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Live Labs Pivot: A great way to visualize massive amounts of data

September 25, 2010 – 6:30 am | No Comment | 326 views
Live Labs Pivot: A great way to visualize massive amounts of data

Pivot is a new technology developed by Microsoft Live Labs that makes it easier to interact with massive amounts of data in ways that are powerful, informative, and fun.

Pivot is designed to provide a …

bSix12 Explorer: Navigate in a way that is powerful, informative & fun

September 20, 2010 – 2:24 pm | One Comment | 35 views
bSix12 Explorer: Navigate in a way that is powerful, informative & fun

I am very exited to introduce the new bSix12 Explorer!
The bSix12 Explorer allows you to browse through all available articles on this site in a way that is powerful, informative & fun. You can filter …

Story Power! Tools to Create Engaging Content

May 6, 2010 – 12:23 pm | No Comment | 173 views
Story Power! Tools to Create Engaging Content

In an previous post I showed you how to create more engaging content which is fun to read and easy to memorize: If you haven’t read this article yet go and check it out first: …

Bobby McFerrin Hacks Your Brain with Music

April 17, 2010 – 2:46 pm | No Comment | 65 views
Bobby McFerrin Hacks Your Brain with Music

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In this fun and entertaining 3 minute performance from the World Science Festival, Bobby McFerrin uses the pentatonic scale and an audience’s expectations to demonstrate neural …

Story Power! Brain-Friendly Content through Visuals and Storytelling

February 28, 2009 – 11:34 am | 2 Comments | 235 views
Story Power! Brain-Friendly Content through Visuals and Storytelling

Visual and Storytelling are powerful ways to create good and interesting content which is fun to read and easy to memorize.
To illustrate this let’s start with a simple experiment: Memorize and repeat the following …