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The Art of Retweet Birthday Party: Enlist the Help of Your Top Retweeters

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I combining raising money to send Cambodian youngsters to school, an action learning experiment on the art of retweet, guest teaching at Stanford Business School class on social technology, and eating chocolate. What have you learned about the art of retweet? It's my 53rd birthday on Monday and here's my birthday party plans.

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Real-life advice on parenting during a pandemic

The Verge

We decided to develop a loose schedule, modeled off the work periods in Montessori: a couple of hours in the morning when they can choose more “academic” activities, some outside time, lunch, then another work period for more creative art activities. I fear that I’m inadvertently teaching her to hate reading.

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Data Visualization Techniques for Those Who Can’t Draw

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This brings me to the above presentation that I discovered on this blog post, “ Visual Thinking at United Health Innovation Day ” There is some really useful advice for those who think because they lack drawing skills, they can’t do data visualization or learn how to think visually. It has stopped me in the past.

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This AI clone of Reddit’s Am I The A **e forum will give you the best bad advice

The Verge

Are You The A **e (AYTA) is, as its name suggests, built to mimic Reddit’s r/AmITheAsshole (AITA) crowdsourced advice forum. I also asked it to settle last year’s contentious “ Bad Art Friend ” debate: The first two bots were more confused by that one! Although, in fairness, lots of humans were, too.

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Are you ‘AI literate’? Schools and jobs are insisting on it—and now it’s EU law

Fast Company Tech

Companies are racing to integrate AI into everything from medical advice to legal documents to financial services, often prioritizing speed over safety. At Colby College, a private liberal arts college in Maine, students are beefing up their literacy with the use of a custom portal that lets them test and compare different chatbots.

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NoRedInk raises $50 million Series B to help students become better writers

TechCrunch

I always found the advice ironic because it required me to change the medium of my writing to become a better writer. This is all to say that writing, even for those who love writing, is a deeply human art built on top of nonobvious rules. “NoRedInk is very different; it’s what schools and districts use to teach skills.”

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Making Data Visualizations: A Survival Guide And Other Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I did a quick scan of data visualization resources to look for practical advice on the process of thinking visually and some technical information on what chart to select and data storytelling. The deck provides specific practical advice on charts, color, and maps. I like the chart advice: Avoid 3d-charts at all costs.

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