Thought and Language Flows

Two pictures which are capturing a similar flow. First this great 'image' based picture, by Dave Gray at DaveGrayInfo.com



And this 'diagram' by Ryan Coleman from a slide ... at SlideShare.net


Via Ryan Coleman's list at The VizThink SlideShare.net Group

Chart Chooser ! Cool

I was just thinking about the spectrum of visuals ... being

1. Static
2. Dynamic
3. Interactive

and the sub-spectrums are ...

• Chart ... Data Visualized
• Diagram ... Abstractions Visualized
• Image ... Resembles Reality in some way

And Found this Chart Chooser via The Extreme Presentation Method



Find this interactive version at ChartChooser.com

Diagram vs. Image Example - Wow!

Sometimes a diagram is the right tool for the job, sometimes its an image.

First there was a workflow diagram ...



Then, there was a useful workflow image, helpful for training ...


Internal VizThink Thread
Topic ... How info-maps helps on training
Contributor ... Renato Gangoni
Company ... Tim

Load Testing Presentation No Knowledge

Delivered June 20, 2008

The World is Just Awesome - Discovery Channel Commercial - Boomdiata

Garr Reynolds @ Google

The Power of CLiC Pictures

• Gain perspective and focus attention (Consider)
  
• Organize ideas and actions (Connect)
  
• Discover and apply reusable patterns and pictures (Create)
  

We can see how CLiC Pictures share the first two bullets as benefits with geographical maps (i.e. road maps whether city, county, state, etc.) The third bullet could be thought of as similar to a city or roadway planner who leverages familiar road and traffic patterns as they design and create new 'places'.


(original note Wed 7/23/08-w2)

Vision and Mission - Take #38

Vision

More people living more intentional and meaningful lives.

Mission

Encourage our quest to live and learn.

(To support the crucial quest to live and learn.)

CLiCs - An Outline

Life is complex, random, and often hidden from view.


Setting the Stage

Facts of Life

"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."

With this in mind, in many ways, we each create our own life.

Challenge

However, life is often complex and frustrating, random and disorganized, and often hidden from view. There are so many choices, so many unknowns. How can we equip ourselves to create and lead our lives? It is huge, varied, and overwhelming.

An Opportunity

What if we could approach life similarly to the way we approach other disciplines such as cooking, medicine, or sports?

• Identify the fundamentals and pursue mastery in them
• Apply the fundamentals
  
• Learn in terms of the fundamentals

Introducing CLiCs

Section 1 - Life's Fundamental Parts and Patterns

Section 2 - See Life More Clearly, Live More Intentionally

Section 3 - Always Living and Learning

Inspire Yourself!

Before you inspire your team,

you must inspire yourself.

From a DU poster in AB's cube.

Image Test - Will it grow?

Well?

Too funny, this post was just an experiment on posting a larger image.


:::: Attribution of Artwork ::::

It turns out this is by a fellow VizThink Community Member - Austin Kleon. (I found this over a year ago, before I even knew about VizThink.)

Austin Kleon on the web with Edward Tufte Images
Austin Kleon after attending VizThink '08 in Austin, Texas
Austin Kleon MindMap Set on Flikr


Tom

Mission Version #37

Support our desire to live and learn


Support our quest to live and learn


Support our need to live and learn