25 years later: Macintosh, metaphors and the mouse

January 5, 2009

A blog post on http://mac25.org requested stories from those who were around in 1984 for the release of the Macintosh computer. At that time, I was the Sales and Tech Representative for Apple Computer for the Caribbean Region. Most of my job entailed introducing the new technology to both sales people and perspective customers.
Although we [...]

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Over 25 resources to improve the visual impact of your presentations

December 6, 2008

Besides the stagecraft involved with giving a presentation, many people struggle with the visual aspects, such as creating the ubiquitous PowerPoint or Keynote slideshow, or figuring how to use a whiteboard or an easel pad with marker pens. The dilemma often starts from not having a clear focus on 1) a structure to make the [...]

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Love the post-it note and index cards.

December 4, 2008

In a world where Martha Stewart reigns as “Queen of the Craft”, it dawned on me last night that during the Great Depression of the 1930’s making clothing, cooking, and even handwriting were practiced, utilitarian crafts in many if not most homes. Jump to 2008 and my focus on visualization skills of the typical, high-school [...]

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An irresistible urge to communicate

December 1, 2008

Here is a visual perfect storm: the convergence of strong graphic design, a message that evoked an emotional reaction and a simple interface (mounting the poster on the side of a wall at common eye level and within easy physical reach) which created an irresistible call to action. It’s not my design or my concept, [...]

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Better meeting notes can jog extra memories

November 23, 2008

I have a debriefing call on Monday about a training on presentations I co-facilitated 3 weeks ago. A senior management team convened for a “Reporting with Impact” training seminar, and my role was to teach them Visual Expression in reporting to executives. I’ll talk about that elsewhere, but my challenge for Monday is: How [...]

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A High-resolution super graphic — thank you Edward Tufte!

November 19, 2008

Following the advice of Edward Tufte, Yale professor emeritus and graphic/presentation/statistical genius and visionary, I created a “High-resolution Super Graphic” at the seminar I attended yesterday. Please feel free to download it [large PDF version]. Relish my misspellings, and note that he spoke of “multivariate” displays/analysis (read his: Envisioning Information, p15, Visual Explanations, p.110, and [...]

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Type Casting

November 19, 2008

A design contest asked to name three subjects after typefaces that would resonate with the subject’s connotation. I cannot resist layered meanings (and puns), so here are my three prize-winning entries naming a dog, a band, and a child. Here’s a link for the complete post from the UnBeige blog, hosted by www.mediabistro.com.

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