Archive for May, 2008

Call for Sessions - Open Now

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Planning for VizThink Europe '08 is well underway.  The event will be held October 12 - 14 at the Crowne Plaza in Berlin, Germany.  For future events, we've decided to open up the Call for Facilitators to the community.  This is your chance to be one of the facilitators at ...

Drawing in Perspective

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

A few months ago, we wrote a post with a few videos from Karl Gude on a few key drawing skills.  The one on drawing in perspective was particularly interesting.  While Karl later pointed out that it had a few errors (like the telephone polls not being in perspective), but in any ...

Traveling to Berlin

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

VizThink Europe '08 is coming up quick.  Five months from today we will be in the middle of our first day at VizThink in Berlin.  I (Tom) leave this afternoon for Berlin to work on the many details that it takes to pull an event like this off.  When I ...

PowerPoint: A powerful tool poorly used or a poor tool overused? Let us know your thoughts and you could win!

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Ah, PowerPoint – love it or hate it, PowerPoint, and apps like it, are here to stay. We’ve all seen brilliant presentations but more often than not we’re recoiling as the first slide pops up on screen... that moment when you realize you’re in for a long trudge through bullet point ...

Podcast #13 - Welcome Ryan Coleman

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Today is Ryan Coleman's first day at VizThink. We thought a great way to start off his first day would be with a podcast to let the visual thinking community know a little bit about him and the plans for his new role as our Chief Community Evangelist. It's a ...

Podcast #12 - Luke Wroblewski on Web Form Design

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Today is the launch of Luke Wroblewski's new book, Web Form Design. For a review of the book, check out our recent blog post. During the podcast, Luke answers a variety of questions such as: Why web form design is important If form design is everywhere and easy, why are ...