One of my current video projects is an explanatory video about visual thinking. Intrigued by a Garr Reynolds online SlideShare presentation about John Medina’s Brain Rules, I got the book and read it. I think Garr did a great job in summarizing Medina’s chapter on vision. But I thought it would be fun [...]

VizThink ’08 facilitator Dan Roam has apparently been making the conference rounds, attending MIX08 and as well as SXSW. The cools news is that if you missed him the MIX08 presentation is now available online:

MIX08 Windows Media Player Video

I’ve only watched the first quarter or so of this so far, but it’s very [...]

I came across this great little article titled Napkin Sketches 101 from ThoughtForm. Nine tips to make better napkin sketches. Great stuff! Makes me want to grab a pile of napkins and start drawing.

For the Monday morning breakout session I chose Dan Roam’s “The Back of the Napkin: Solving Business Problems with Pictures.” This turned out to be a well-attended, lively, active session. The hook for this session was, you’re in the airport lounge after VizThink and someone asks why you’re in San [...]