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Visual Thinking

Posted by Duke Sherman on March 31 at 11:33 AM
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A fun little presentation on Visual Thinking. Enjoy
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I think I've seen that article before... I know, April Vogue 1938!

Posted by Melanie Bender on March 30 at 12:00 AM Everything old is new again. Does the old fashion adage apply even to magazine headlines?
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State change

Posted by Duke Sherman on March 26 at 4:58 PM

What will love look like when we live forever?
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Effort

Posted by Duke Sherman on March 26 at 4:12 PM We have come pretty far as a band of fools when we get sold our own labor.
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Police get their "Homer mobile"

Posted by Duke Sherman on March 23 at 12:00 AM

As the video says this is the first purpose built police cruiser. Makes sense to me. Why shouldn't police have a purpose built vehicle if the postal service has one?
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Data design and the popularity of visual thinking

Posted by Duke Sherman on March 19 at 9:00 AM
(warning: this is a little racy!)

Data designers are the new DJ's. Ok, maybe not but increasing demand and polish given to data sets by designers to help us consume more data online I believe to be one factor in the increased interest in visual thinking.
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Burning down the house

Posted by Duke Sherman on March 16 at 9:20 AM

How can experience design help your business find a brighter future in these uncertain times? Whether you are a big player worried about losing market advantage or a young upstart experience design can help find the future faster.
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Tweets asynchronously improve synchronous conversations

Posted by Duke Sherman on March 13 at 4:37 AM

Tweets are seen as a scourge that depersonalizes and trivializes but they actually improve conversation between humans. Until you feel the magic you may never know but I think this chart could help.
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More Righter

Posted by on March 7 at 11:30 AM When we ask people what they want they will almost always say more of the same. This is particularly true if the people we ask are invested in the existing product.
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A kid named Nintendo

Posted by Duke Sherman on March 7 at 9:38 AM Baby makes 3+ but what to call baby? There are name finders online 1

There are graphs of the most popular baby names by era:


There is every conceivable book and angle from astrology to Spock, but what about a digital naming stratgey?

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