VisualThinkMedia http://www.visualthinkmedia.com An evolving exploration of visual thinking Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative Video Explanation I just published my latest video explanation – The Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative. The Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative is setting a pathway to transform Hawaii into a model for energy independence and sustainability. This animated infographic video explanation covers the main points of the initiative. If you’re writing a blog article or story about the [...]]]> http://www.visualthinkmedia.com/?p=139 Latest Video Zen Inductee I’ve heard comments that this type of video seems disjointed and without a coherent story. But I like the style. I think this is fun, engaging and stylish.

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]]> http://www.visualthinkmedia.com/?p=133 Pictures vs Text Grudge Match 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 [...]]]> http://www.visualthinkmedia.com/?p=123 Visual Brainstorming & Storyboarding for Explanatory Videos Just posted a blog article on my main website about visual brainstorming and storyboarding for recent explanatory video I did.

]]> http://www.visualthinkmedia.com/?p=119 Critical Thinking Explanatory Video Today I published a new explanatory video about critical thinking called “Do You Think?”

Noticing increasing societal polarization, especially political, where people are bombarded with “facts” and opinions by pundits and experts, I’ve felt frustrated that so many people choose to blindly follow their pundit of choice like rats following the Pied Piper, without really thinking [...]]]> http://www.visualthinkmedia.com/?p=112 Video Zen I’ve developed a bit of a fascination with online explanatory and informational videos lately and so decided to create a page here devoted to that – a page I’m calling Video Zen. Most recently, Xplane has put out a couple of video presentations that are getting a lot of attention, The Carbon Economy and [...]]]> http://www.visualthinkmedia.com/?p=107 WordPress Screencast: NextGen Photo Gallery Just finished recording and editing a screencast to show how to install the NextGen photo gallery on your WordPress web site, create a gallery, upload some images and post a gallery in a blog post or a page.

NextGen Photo Gallery for WordPress from Jeff Bennett on Vimeo.

]]> http://www.visualthinkmedia.com/?p=79 WordPress Tutorial Screencast WordPress started out as a blogging platform but become a full blown Content Management System allowing you to create and publish your entire website with it. But, by default, WordPress home pages display your blog articles, and often times you might want something different for your home page, some static content perhaps.

There’s a pretty simple [...]]]> http://www.visualthinkmedia.com/?p=76 Online Visual Explanation: Plastic Bottles & Ocean Pollution We’re living in a time of information overload and complexity, inundated with too much information and too little time to get through it. I believe that visual explanations, such as video and online presentations, will be an important tool for organizations to convey their message, whether that’s selling a product or advocating action of some [...]]]> http://www.visualthinkmedia.com/?p=64 Visual Creative Thinking Just came across this in SlideShare.

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