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Everyone Does Math, Every Day (Video)

Think you don’t need math? Think again! Math is everywhere, and much of the time you might not even realize that you’re doing it. If you remember wondering when you’d ever use math as a grownup, click on my next Math Manifesto video

The Inner Critic: NaNoWriMo and Math

I’m going to reveal a big secret here today — with my tummy doing summersaults and my hands sweating. Here we go: I’m participating in this year’s National Novel Writing Month. There I said it. And god help me, I hope I

Math at Work Monday: Mary the Non-Profit Principal

Today’s interview is with Mary Cahalane, Principal of the non-profit company Hands-On Fundraising, LLC. Mary knows this business well as she has been working in nonprofits for 30 years, 26 of those years as a fundraiser. She is especially proud of this newest

Stop Freaking Out About Ebola (Because: Math)

When I read Richard Preston’s The Hot Zone in the mid-1990s, I was terrified. This was the first I had heard of a scary new disease called ebola. I was working for an AIDS Service Organization at the time, so I understood

Math at Work Monday: Kelly the Virtual Assistant

This world is spinning fast, and a lot of things are changing. Today’s interview is with Kelly Case ofTime on Hand Services. She is a virtual assistant or VA — in fact, she’s my VA! Without Kelly, this blog would be empty most

Is Math Creative?

As a math major in college, I was required to take a computer programming class. In retrospect, the reasoning made perfect sense: successful programming follows a natural logic, very much the same way math does. But at the time, I was

3 Website Statistics Tools Reveal Your Visitors’ Secrets (in a good way)

We writers have all heard about platform, and so many of us have blogs — both to share what we’re thinking and to reach audiences that might also be interested in reading our books. But how can you tell if your

Everyone Has the Math Gene (Video)

So where have I been this week? Makin’ video, y’all! I had lots to learn, but I’m tickled to share my first Math Manifesto video: Everyone has a math gene. If you’ve heard yourself saying, “I’m no good at math; I don’t

The Brain Ordered: A review of The Organized Mind

These days I’m devouring just about any writing I can find that features the cross section between neurology, sociology and psychology. Daniel Pink’s Drive completely changed my mind and confirmed my suspicions about how motivation actually works. And now The Organized Mind by behavioral neurologist Daniel Levitin has helped