Information graphics, animation and Swedish techno... what could be better?
This podcast from Studio 360 explores the original experiments exploring the left-right brain theory, the 1970's best-selling book and recent revelations in brain imaging.
Alright all you graphic facilitators. This is the quality of stuff out there in terms of "whiteboard magic". ZDNet has a bucketload of clever video tutorials to explain tough technical concepts like mash-ups, open source, enterprise dashboards and search engines.
From On the Media: From bomb scares to stolen radioactive material to rebel attacks, alarming things happen around the world, all day, every day. Morgan Clements, founder and publisher of the Global Incident Map, talks about why it’s important to map them.
Rapid Viz: A New Method for the Rapid Visualization of Ideas
This is a wonderful resource for learning the basics of quickly representing ideas, products, people, trees, buildings, cars, spaces, places,... you name it!
Nigel Holmes, the former graphics director at Time magazine who sparked the information graphics craze, talks to former Newsweek graphics director Karl Gude. For more on Nigel and his upcoming talk at the "Information Graphics (I.G.) Conference" June 3-5, 2007, go to WWW.IGCONFERENCE.ORG).
Users can create, manage and share mind maps online and access them anytime, from anywhere. In brainstorming mode, fellow ‘MindMeisters’ from around the world (or just in different rooms) can simultaneously work on the same mind map - and see each other's changes as they happen. Using integrated Skype calls, they can throw around new ideas and put them down on "paper" at the same time.
Here are the results for the March survey question: "What role do you play with your clients?"
Picnik is a free photo-edting tool. It has the standard rotate, crop and resize functions, as well as exposure control and color settings. The color settings are basic. You can adjust hue, saturation and contrast in a variety of ways. Although the adjustment is somewhat crude -- and it's unlikely you'll be able to use this interface to 'save' a bad photo the way you might be able to in Photoshop -- you'll definitely be able to make a good photo "pop."
From Bruce Flye, a planner and graphic facilitator who works for a university in Greenville, North Carolina. Read more at his blog, The Center for Change Leadership.