Last call
My weekly scour for all things "back of the napkin" coughed up this thoughtful form letter printed on equally appropriate material. Talk about handy for a ride home after one too many brainstorms at...
View ArticleNapkins all a-twitter
I’ve noticed a marked increase in the use of the "back of the napkin" phrase of late. (Of course I *should*, given that I’ve been saying it myself ten times a day for two years. It’s probably just my...
View ArticleNapkins all a-twitter: Part II
Nate was nice enough to point me towards his original Twitter napkin. View this photo I dunno, could be just me, but I prefer it to the gussied up version posted previously.
View ArticleFirst impressions don’t matter
At the end of my VizThink workshop on Monday, a bunch of people came up afterwards to talk about solving problems with pictures. The funniest was Richard Mulholland, the certifiable lunatic who runs...
View ArticleDeath by Database
I’m not much of a database person myself. I bought a copy of FileMaker in the dark ages and managed to run a small business with it, but as I say, even that was pre-bubble one. But when I ran across...
View ArticleJazzed about napkin sketches
Sometimes when you sit down at a rubber chicken conference lunch, you get rubber chicken. Sometimes you get a real meal and nice chat with interesting people. And SOMETIMES you get a great lunch and a...
View ArticleYes: I really do draw on napkins
I’ve received a bunch of notes asking if I actually draw on napkins, and if so, what kind. Yes, I do draw on napkins. They’re not the best drawing surface, but when I want to show someone how quickly a...
View Article350,000 viewers. 7 minutes. Live TV. The ultimate “Napkin” challenge. (part 1)
Three weeks ago, I was asked by the Dylan Ratigan Show on MSNBC to come on-air and visually explain a “major political problem in America.” This would be a seven-minute live broadcast from the NBC...
View ArticleThis explains a lot… and it isn’t good.
The incomparable Maria Popova (whom you must follow on twitter @brainpicker) recently posted a review of the incredible book “This Explains Everything” from John Brockman. The book presents 150+...
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