Archive for the ‘ VizThink ’ Category

VizThink NYC Summer Social

[ June 1, 2011; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Come out and get to know the community of New York area visual thinkers for an evening of socializing as we gear up for another great summer in the city. Join us for a casual evening of food, drink, and fun, including: Sketchbook Show & Tell - Bring yours, check out others. It's always a treat to [ READ MORE ]

The Power of Visual Communication

A workshop presented by VizThinkNYC and BlgBlueGumball . For VizThink NYC’s third workshop of 2011 BigBlueGumball brought the crowd on a fun and engaging trip into the world of visual communication. Steve and Todd Cherches (also known as Todd and Steve Cherches, or BigBlueGumball) showed us, through three hands-on activities, that visual communication is not all about [ READ MORE ]

The NibCursor

Dave Gray and a slew of other great minds have been collaborating on an awesome idea for drawing on the iPad without a stylus. (see Dave’s original idea.) There have already been some awesome takes on gestures, interactions, paper prototypes, and a little bodystorming/physical study. (See NibCursor photos on flickr.) In another take on the NibCursor I’ve taken [ READ MORE ]

VizThinkNYC 3 – A Glimpse Into Visual SenseMaking with Humantific

[ November 3, 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Elizabeth Pastor, co-founder of Humantific, will shed light on the emerging world of Visual SenseMaking. In this energetic 2-hour session, you will see how Humantific applies Visual SenseMaking to real-world challenges, build a basic visual toolkit, and learn how to unpack a problem through visual modeling. Time permitting, you will have the opportunity to practice [ READ MORE ]

Visualizing a UX Book Club NYC Event

At last night’s UX Book Club NYC event we tried out a little experiment. In keeping with the subject of our book, Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, we wanted to see how the people that attended the event connected and what the network that formed would [ READ MORE ]

VizThinkNYC 2 – A Visual Approach to Public Speaking

[ September 24, 2009; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] At New York City's second VizThink event, veteran public speaker, Jonny Goldstein, will show you how to use visual thinking as one of your tools to create and deliver a powerful presentation. By the end of the session, you will develop and deliver a 2 minute mini-presentation, with visuals, to a small group. Special Guest: Heather Willems [ READ MORE ]

Visual Communication in the Wild

A little while back my father, brother and I were talking on the front porch and the topic of my brother’s broken car seat came up. We all struggled for a few minutes trying to understand how the seat was broken and describing potential repairs. As I watched my brother and father trying to form [ READ MORE ]

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