As a visually oriented species, we grasp information much more quickly and easily when it’s presented as a picture than when we’re given lists of numbers. That’s why we find bar graphs and pie charts so useful. But often there … Continue reading
Never mind that this article by David Wong was published in Cracked. It speaks the truth. And it says a lot about storytelling and how stories affect us in ways we’re not aware of. “So there was a mass shooting … Continue reading
Ray Bradbury died yesterday at the age of 91. I read and enjoyed some of his books as a teenager, but the greatest impression he made on me was a few years ago when I heard him speak on the … Continue reading
Ira Glass (of This American Life) on storytelling. A good story is told in two modes: The anecdote. One thing following another. Momentum. You feel you’re on a train that has a desgination. It’s raising questions, answering them along the … Continue reading