Category Archives: Thoughts

Google has announced that it’s going to build a gigabit fiber network to nearly every home in Kansas City. See Google’s blog for more details. Consumer internet lines today are typically less than 20 megabits per second. That’s a cap, meaning your actual speed will be much less. Also remember that a bit is differentContinue reading “Google to build gigabit network for Kansas City to spur build out”

There’s many studies out there on the difference between writing notes and typing notes. I’ve done both, primarily handwriting during my K-16 years, and typing in my graduate studies years. Anecdotally, I can say that I comprehended and remembered more when I wrote my notes by hand. My handwriting will never be able to captureContinue reading “Why I’m going analog to learn better”

Finally, AP changes their style guide for e-mail to email. No more dashes. It’s not “electronic mail” anymore, it’s just email. The times have finally caught up.

Graphic facilitation and visual thinking is one of my personal interests. I’ve been reading up some a variety of topics. This community is very tight knit and there’s always a common set of players. One of them is Dave Sibbet of The Grove Consultants International. Below is a very detailed webinar (90 minutes). I’ve watchedContinue reading “Visual Meetings – Using Technology and Graphic Facilitation Methods”

Infographics are fun. They visually stimulating and is very loud, bold, and sometimes obnoxious. However, good statistical and data principles still apply. Present the data objectively and fairly. Don’t create conclusions where none exist. However, infographics is to data as newpaper headlines are to news. Below is a fun poke at infographics by Think Brilliant.Continue reading “An Infographic to Explain Infographics, the Universe Collapses on Itself”

In my search to learn more about visual thinking, visual note taking, and better idea facilitation, I came across Gamestorming (Amazon Affiliate Link). It’s written by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, and James Macanufo. They even have a great blog and forum for all kinds of user experiences and examples. Gamestorming is about an innovation method toContinue reading “Book Review: Gamestorming, an Amazing Collection of Practical and Useful Games to Generate Ideas, Solutions, and Strategies”

I’ve always been amazed at the artists who can make incredible imagery on the iPad using just their fingers. Rachel Smith, now with The Grove International posted a wonderful video on how to use tools on the iPad to make visual notes and diagrams. She then posts in amazing details how she took her notesContinue reading “Visual Recording and Notetaking on an iPad, Amazing Detailed Video How-To”