The Center for Graphic Facilitation

Drawing Within the Lines

Listen to the subtleties and sensitivities involved in doodling in the current political climate.

clipped from www.onthemedia.org (Nick Anderson, Houston Chronicle) With an African-American and a woman battling for the Democratic nomination, editorial cartoonists face occasional criticism of racism or misogyny. Editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson explains that he still tries not to hold anything back. And Professor Elaine K. Miller describes the cartoons depicting 1984 Vice Presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro.

The Smart Pen: The Past and Future of Pen and Paper

Check out these video demos of the pen that records what you write while recording the audio of the conversation. It also imports both the audio and visual notes into your computer.

Fast Draw: Super Delegates (CBS News)

From Jarrell McAlister: CBS News is using graphic facilitators to explain the delegate system. The clip is interesting, but the whole things seems kinds of distracting.

Makes me want to cultivate my "I'm a Newscaster" voice.

BDU Pocket Field Organizer/Wallet

Submitted by Ivan Romero to Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools: A notebook, pens & essentials holder



I had seen these small pouches before, but didn’t pay close attention until I saw photo of a fully-loaded one on Flickr. When I don't want to carry my whole gear bag, these are great for the bare essentials. Even when I do need my gear bag, the BDU is compact enough I just slide it right in, as is. It really helps keep my stuff organized. I fit five pens, including the previously-reviewed 0.18 mm pen, a Moleskine planner, Sony Clie PDA, ID and credit card, pocket knife and a small flashlight. You open up the wallet and it has slots for pens/pencils with a pouch behind that section that fits a pocket Moleskine perfectly. On the inside right, there’s a flap with a clear plastic pocket for ID stashing. It can also fit a small portable music player. 

175 Data Visualization Resources

 

clipped from www.enterprise-dashboard.com Written by the talented content maven (and Dashboard Spy reader!), Meryl K. Evans, it features carefully vetted data visualization related web sites categorized into the 3 groups of Examples, Blogs and Resources. I’m a bit upset at being beaten to the punch (just a little), but I certainly respect the quality of the list. Meryl told me she spent 3 solid weeks editing the links. Let’s help her maintain and grow this valuable resource. See the list of 175. Definitely visit Meryl’s list, but here’s a teaser sampling of some cool data visualization sites: Cool Infographics Poster Collection: Incredible posters with data visualization examples. Digg Labs: Visualizations used to track the latest news. Google Trends: Charts showing trends of Google searches. MedMaps: Medical MindMaps. Sesame Street on Visual Thinking: Teaching children to visualize shapes. There’s 170 other links, so put on your thinking caps and explore!