A framework for patents and copyrights in the Digital Age. (Everything you know about intellectual property is wrong.) By John Perry Barlow “If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action …
Last April I gave a talk bolstered by a PowerPoint document consisting only of a single Saul Steinberg drawing, which was essential to a point I was making. That single image was one more than I usually have. Speakers about to address an audience …
Yep, it has been scientifically proven: the accuracy of people in describing charts with ‘chart junk’ is no worse than for plain charts, and the recall after a 2-3 week gap was actually significantly better. In addition, people overwhelmingly pref…
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In his new role, the information-design guru (and vocal PowerPoint critic) will help track and explain the $787 billion in federal stimulus funds. “I’m doing this because I like accountability and transparency, and I believe in public service,” Tu…
via infosthetics.com Back in 1994, Muriel Cooper, one of the co-founders of the MIT Media Lab where she taught interactive media design as the head of the Visible Language Workshop, presented her work at the TED5 conference in Monterey, CA. Her pr…
via ted.com Charles Fleischer insists: All things are Moleeds. — I have no idea what he’s talking about, but just the same, it’s an unbelievable presentation.
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