BayCHI 2009
June 9, 2009
In June, I presented at BayCHI (the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of ACM SIGCHI). Below is the presentation and the workbook. Note that the workbook prints full size (not the 1/4 size that was handed out.) If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me through Adaptive Path.
Downloads
Download the presentation deck : 6.9mb
Download the workbook : 3.3mb
Sailing the Cs of Change
December 17, 2008
The following files are for the Virtual Seminar Sailing the C’s of Change which was presented by Adaptive Path in December, 2008. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me through Adaptive Path.
Downloads
Download the presentation deck : 3.4mb
Download the References & Credits document : 64kb
Updated on December 20, 2008
epic 2008
October 16-18, 2008
In October, Leah Buley and I (both of Adaptive Path) presented a workshop at EPIC 2008 (Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference). Below are the resources that we discussed. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through Adaptive Path.
Downloads
Download the presentation deck : 16.6mb
Download the workbook : 5.9mb
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Related stuff to check out
Things to read…
- The Mind Map Book, by Tony Buzan
- Rapid Viz, by Kurt Hanks and Larry Belliston
- The Back of the Napkin, by Dan Roam
- Rapid Problem Solving with Post-it Notes, by David Straker
- Thinking with a Pencil, by Henning Nelms
- Books published by the Grove Consultants. These books seem pricey, but they are totally worth it. Note that you can only get them through the Grove Consultants. They have a special process for European orders.
- Graphic Facilitation is an amazing book that goes through the theory, application and practice of graphic facilitation.
- The Fundamentals of Graphic Language is a workbook that teaches the iconography of rapid concept sketching.
- The small-but-powerful Pocket Pics is a little reference book of ideas for more abstract/difficult concepts.
Places to get inspired…
- on Indexed: is a daily collection of humorous graphs and charts. Very insightful.
- on Flickr. Search for…
Places to learn…
- VizThink is a community of visual practitioners. They have an online community, a wiki with great resources, and host conferences throughout the year. www.vizthink.com | wiki.vizthink.com
- visual-literacy.org has a periodic chart of visualizations that quite inspiring.
- The International Forum of Visual Practitioners is a professional association of visual folks.
- David GrayÕs visual thinking school is a great place to catch up on visual skills and approaches.
- MIT Sketching tutorials are pretty good.
- One of the best ways to practice jotting is during meetings, or (even better) by listening to talk shows on the radio. A few minutes a week will make a big difference in the speed, clarity and potency of your visual notes.
Companies that specialize in this…
- The Grove Consultants provide consulting, training, books and presentations.
- The xPlane does consulting, training and presentations. When you start poking around visualization places, David Grey’s name comes up a lot.
- Adaptive Path is a user experience strategy and design firm. Leah and Kate (who presented the See > Sort > Sketch workshop) both work here. Adaptive Path doesn’t focus exclusively on visual methods, although we use them a lot. We often post about the topic on our blog.
Updated on June 13, 2009
