by mvboronowski | Feb 24, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
I’ve been doing a lot of work around data visualiation lately. Writing about it, sharing it, researching it. I’m even getting ready to launch an infographic series with a non-profit organization I work with (stay tuned for that.) Data visualization is...
by mvboronowski | Feb 23, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Elections constitute an essential part of democracy, however it is not limited to voting once in a while. A democratic system is based on the idea of “polis”, i.e. a community in which every citizen must participate in debates and discussions to decide the faith of...
by mvboronowski | Feb 21, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
For better or worse, most of us know little of ships. But maybe it’s not a bad idea that we try to. Fun fact: today there are 50,000 merchant ships in the world oceans – carrying 90% of international trade. Each of these ships is a a link in a global...
by mvboronowski | Feb 20, 2011 | 100 Community Builders
Who are you? I’m a Scottish immigrant from a blue collar family who pursues his passions because life is too short to do anything else. I’ve been in the Navy; travelled extensively throughout North America, Europe and Africa; taught High School;...
by mvboronowski | Feb 18, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
When John and Kurt asked me to rejoin their team of bloggers 6 weeks ago I imagined that after completing my PhD in late January my life would get a little less busy in the weeks that followed. Unfortunately this has not been the case. It turns out I’ve been...