Here are my notes from today’s event by renowned statistician Edward Tufte — author of The Visual Display of Quantitative Information and Envisaging Information primarily for my own reference but perhaps of interest to others.

No announcement, no preamble. The lights went out, and a visually striking video showing a representation of music started. Conversations were immediately hushed, and devices put away. An effective technique to get attention and signal an absolute start.

It’s been a few weeks since I upgraded to WordPress 2.5 and whilst the upgrade went well it hasn’t been all plain sailing.

The Manage > FilesManage > Files administration function has been silently removed despite still appearing in the on-line documentation.

As a frequent user of many of Google’s various services I continually find myself finding new tips and tricks for getting the most out of them. Here are a few to share;

Gmail are constantly introducing new features however the localised user-interfaces are often lagging behind and failing to expose the options. Set your language to “English (US)” to get access to the latest options.