Archive for the ‘Macs in Research’ Category
CbC Reviews: Snow Leopard
I’m a pretty die-hard Mac fan, when push comes to shove. Recently my significant other was shopping for a computer, and tempted by the low sticker price and absurdly powerful graphics card I spent a few days contemplating a stint with the dark side. Then of course I had to *use* said computer. So now […]
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CbC Reviews: Whiteboard Capture
I got an iPhone for Christmas, and like any obedient Apple geek, I’ve been looking for decent applications to put on it. To, you know, justify carrying a small computer around in my pocket. So far, I’ve been struggling. Games are nice, and built-in Google Maps is a lifesaver, but the 3rd Party Apps? Part […]
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How Not to Present Data
I have a confession to make. I have a deep and abiding fondness for data visualization. I think it helps epidemiologists, public health workers and scientists in general understand things in ways numbers, however compelling, cannot. But like statistics, graphs can be cooked, manipulated and generally wiggled around until the information they convey is lost. […]
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CbC Reviews: Schnippselchen
The introduction of OS X, Cocoa and the general fusion of high function, usually UNIX and scary command-line based applications and very accessible graphical user interface design has ushered in a whole slew of new and highly useful science applications for my beloved MacBook Pro. Combing through the list of Apple’s favorites, I uncovered an […]
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