Tag Archives: XKCD

Putting popularity of government action on COVID19 in context by comix XKCD

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Ralph Hanson

XKCD is a comic about range of geeky issues, but it is often about how to present data in interesting and honest ways. This one does a great job of putting the popularity of government efforts to protect us from … Continue reading →

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Opportunity closes out 15-year mission to Mars

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab finally declared the mission of the Mars Rover Opportunity had come to an end today after having lost contact with it following a massive dust storm in June of 2018.  for several months. Opportunity left Earth … Continue reading →

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XKCD answers the question “What will new technology do to us?”

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

When you have questions about what will technology do to us, the first place to look at is the web comic XKCD: Remember: New technology is always scary!

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The Right to Free Speech According to XKCD

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

Nailed it….

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Link Ch. 2 – Earthquakes, social media, XKCD and science

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

This week my students in my senior-level mass media and society class have been working at developing experiments to learn about how people use social media.  Most of them are trying to measure President Obama’s popularity (or lack thereof), rather … Continue reading →

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