Photo of the Week: Great White Trilliums at Miller Woods

White Trillium in bloom

Spring is one of my favorite times of the year to visit Miller Woods in Plymouth Township.

If you visit the woods in late April through May, you can easily see the dramatic changes warmer weather brings.

Each week brings a whole new crop of blooming spring wild flowers and trees and shrubs leafing out. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Great White Trilliums at Miller Woods

Create Better Online Surveys

better online surveys

Online surveys are a quick and cost-effective way to get all kinds of user feedback.

And with the rise of free and inexpensive tools like SurveyMonkey, Wufoo, and Google Forms, it’s easy to quickly create an online survey.

But if you don’t design your online survey well—asking the right questions, making sure the questions are easy to understand, and keeping your audience in mind when writing your questions—you may not get the feedback you’re after. Continue reading Create Better Online Surveys

Microsoft’s How Old? Site Goes Viral, Give It a Try

How old are you?

Twitter was abuzz today with people posting photos and laughing about the results from Microsoft’s new face-detection website.

The How Old? website (which Microsoft took down in the past few years and never set up a redirect) allows you to upload a photo, and based on an algorithm, guesses the gender and age of any faces recognized in the photo. Continue reading Microsoft’s How Old? Site Goes Viral, Give It a Try