28 April 2009

Reader interaction with Marks and Meaning


Opa!, originally uploaded by Edward Vielmetti.

Marks and Meaning is designed to encourage readers to interact with the book in various ways, and I have been thrilled to see the various ways people have chosen to do that. Ed Vielmetti has peppered his copy with sticky notes. The image above is from his copy of version zero.

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27 April 2009

Visual note-taking workshop

I'm very excited to announce that three of my favorite visual thinkers -- Sunni Brown, Mike Rohde and Austin Kleon -- will be delivering a workshop on visual note-taking on Tuesday, May 12.

The image above are some visual notes that Austin Kleon took during one of the conference calls as we planned the workshop. This is a chance to learn from some people who are truly masters at what they do. Your notes and whiteboard scrawls will never be the same!

More about the workshop:

Ever since Leonardo put pen to paper, visual note-taking has been a route to improve the quality of your thinking, make information more memorable, and make your ideas easier to share with others. Read more.

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18 April 2009

Guiding principles for VizThink

Some of you may have noticed that I have been knocking on a lot of doors lately, asking people to participate in the future of VizThink in one way or another.

One of the questions I have heard pretty frequently is "What are Vizthink's guiding principles?" and "What is the vision/mission for VizThink?'

To try to answer these questions we have created a draft document with the help of some of our members. I have posted the current draft on the VizThink forums, here.

There is no charge to participate in the forums, although you must register to post.

Thanks in advance for your feedback -- and please, share your thoughts!

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16 April 2009

Marks and Meaning, v. 0.5


Marks and Meaning, v. 0.5, originally uploaded by dgray_xplane.

Just released version 0.5 of my unbook, Marks and Meaning. You can buy a copy here. Read the warning label!

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02 April 2009

The Demon-Haunted World

A beautiful and haunting story about the future of cities by Matt Jones.

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