I haven't posted in a while, but I've got some things coming soon. I went to a symposium last week given by Edward Tutfte, and had my mind pretty much melted. The presentaion itself was dynamite and has given me so much to think about in terms of information design that I'm sort of at a loss as to how to proceed.
I mean, I use PowerPoint all the time, and - in case you don't know - Tufte has a pretty serious hatred of PowerPoint. Well, no that's not exactly right. He argues essentially that PowerPoint, as a medium, has become crutch presenters rely on AND it's dumbed down the presentation of potentially complex data. He points out that even Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's CEO, has gotten sick of bulletized, oversimplified slide decks that his company's software creates.
Anyway, I'm doing some serious re-thinking about how I deliver information (create meaning?). In the meantime, I've added a couple great infodesign blogs to my bloglist. go check out what more dilligent writers (staffs thereof?) are writing.
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