My Pixar Ranking

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So, I am very generous when ranking these movies. All these movies are fun. I know this. I created and took my own survey to ensure that I answered as truthfully as possible. There were a few ties, I just picked the one I fancied that I liked better. I'm sure there's a scientific tie-breaker, but I didn't bother to look it up.

Remember, these are MY rankings. Though I tried my best to make it scientific, it's still just one guy's opinion. Enough methodology, here's the ranking!

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I am surprised at my results. I didn't think either of the Monsters movies would rank as high as they did. Also, Ratatouille is outside of my top-ten! Crazy.

If you want to take my survey find it below. If I get enough responses, I'll post results right here! Thanks for reading.

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Ranking Pixar

Inspiration

If you follow me on Twitter, you will note that I have been forwarding every Pixar Ranking that I've read. If you don't believe me—or you don't follow my micro-blog&mdashhere's a sampling of these posts:

Such a good movie. #insideout http://t.co/3HjV69pU8c pic.twitter.com/zQC7VFSw63

— Christopher Jimenez (@cjmnz8) July 4, 2015

What criteria would you use to rank the Pixar Movies? I'm thinking Story, Characters, Feels & Originality. Thoughts?

— Christopher Jimenez (@cjmnz8) July 24, 2015

Best list I've read. Even if not totally in line with my own. Every Pixar movie, ranked from worst to best http://t.co/ePLQPjib2I #fb

— Christopher Jimenez (@cjmnz8) July 23, 2015

British take. Meh. Inside Out: All 14 Pixar movies ranked from worst to best… http://t.co/wutTVhDPGa #fb

— Christopher Jimenez (@cjmnz8) July 24, 2015

Criteria

Clearly, the release and popularity of Pixar's Inside Out spawned these rankings and suckers like me click on them. That's fine, I enjoy it. Further, my disagreement with these rankings caused me to think—how do I quantify my own feelings towards these movies? Clearly, I appreciate Pixar's work. The company is out of this world! Ranking these movies is an exercise in hair-splitting.

Yet, the idea has been planted in my head. I must pursue it.

As you could see from my tweet, I ranked the 14 Pixar movies based on based on Story, Characters, Feels and Originality. What does that mean? I tell you:

• Story
  How was the plot? Did it leave the viewer satisfied? Is it a movie you could watch over and over again?
• Characters
  Did you get to know the characters? Did you feel love, admiration, symathy?
• Feels
  I laughed, I cried, it was wonderful! (Or maybe you didn't...)
• Originality
  Is this just another story? Did this movie revolutionize the industry?

Conclusion

Will I agree with my own personal rankings? I have a feeling I won't. I'll try to post my results tomorrow. In the meantime, I'll ask you to take my survey! If enough people respond, I'll post those results too!

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Tech Leaders

Perception is Everything

When students want to learn how to use new technologies, where do they go? According to a fairly recent study performed by the School Library Journal (2013 wasn't THAT long ago, right?) it appears they ask their librarian!

This study focuses on K-12. I wonder what we would find if the study were expanded to higher education.

Libraries > Pi / Pie

Did Someone Say Pie?

This is a delicious statistic that I came across on twitter. Well, I came across a tweet promoting this article which I then retweeted. Anyways, here's the good stuff. (And the source link is not too shabby either!)

The Atlantic actually attempted to answer that very question [What is the public approval rating for libraries?] and found that libraries beat the approval ratings of Congress (easy), President Obama (a bit harder), baseball (seriously?), and apple pie(!).

—So You Want My Job: Librarian, The Art of Manliness

Tell your mental taste buds I say, "You're welcome, come on back any time."

Gov Docs in the Real World

Guess what I just got in the mail,... A SURVEY!!!

Right after completing my government documents class too. I did a lot of work in that class on both NOAA and the statistical information that comes out of these surveys. By the way, did you know NOAA is still operating from President Nixon's executive order? True story. 

So yes. I will fill out this survey about my experience fishing. I went once. On a party boat and caught an undersize grouper that I had to release. I also caught a bunch of teenie fish under a bridge. But I'll perform my civic duty and fill out this survey. 

I hope you'd do the same.