In 1991, the New York Times ran an article entitled: “Ecotourism: Can it Protect the Planet?” You’ll notice that, fifteen years later, I am asking myself the same question. Eric Weiner – author of the piece – went on to write that “[a] new word has entered the lexicon of travel: ecotourism. Born of the…
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Duke Nicholas School – Why Google’s Doodle Meant So Much to Me
Everyone loves the Google Doodle program. Google’s founders decided to incorporate the illustrations before the company was even born, and today they have a dedicated team of “doodlers” and engineers to create the cartoons. According to the Google Doodle “about” page, “creating doodles has become a group effort to enliven the Google homepage and bring…
Duke Nicholas School – Creating Infographics
Infographics have become an important medium for communicating science. PeerJ and other journals allow authors to include infographics in their work, and the designs have steadily gained popularity. However, it is not easy to create effective images, so I sat down with Mary Zambello (who also happens to be my sister), and asked her about…
E. Zambello Writing and Art 