Livesheets creator wants to “make all kids into rocket scientists”

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“Imagine if you could search for any calculations and then just use them directly without ever having to work it out yourself from scratch.”

This is the vision of developer Daniel Maxwell, the creator of livesheets.com, whose dream it is for no one in the world to perform the same calculation twice again.

Questions about Help Me Investigate? All resources gathered on one page

I’ve pulled together a collection of research, posts, book chapters, interviews, case studies and other material documenting the process of running Help Me Investigate for anyone writing a research paper or wishing to ask questions about the site. I hope it’s useful.

FAQ: Questions about data journalism

There’s an interview with me in both Spanish and English at Mas Investigacion covering a number of questions about data journalism, Help Me Investigate, MOOCs, and teaching.

Although the introduction is in Spanish, scroll down and click on ‘Read the interview in English’ if you want that version.