Jacob Christensen

Last.fm Mainstream-O-Meter, originally uploaded by jacobchristensen.

I’m 30,5 % mainstream. Whatever that means.

Mainstream-O-Meter (for last.fm-users)

• Presentation Zen: Two decades of PowerPoint: Is the world a better place?

  The point is not to place more text within tiny slides intended for images and visual displays of data. The point is to first (usually) create a well-written, detailed document.

  (tags: powerpoint presentations technology communication writing education)

• “A Rank Exercise: Jay Mathews’ method for ranking America’s best high schools is so narrow it may actually be misleading.” By Andrew J. Rotherham and Sara Mead

  Until a few years ago, America’s elementary and secondary schools generally escaped our national obsession with lists. Almost every week another ranking of best communities, most beautiful people or top hospitals is published.

  (tags: usa education)