david stong's Public Library

"Apple’s design guru Jonathan Ive, who receives a knighthood today for creating products such as the iPad, tells Shane Richmond why this country’s industrial heritage lies behind his success."

apple design

"...whatever your reason for recording yourself, it’s good to know a handful of decent techniques for the best free software available – and that software is Audacity." It's fun when free is so good.

record sound resource psummgroup

"We offer courses from the top universities, for free."

courseware opencourseware OER

The story is good, the issue theme is good and the website is gorgeous. Oh Comely is the most appealing print magazine I've seen in years.

magazine print web design

"Based on what we already discussed, the text-only version was not as effective as text with either of the added visuals (Butcher, 2006).  Between the two visuals, the most effective was B – the simpler line drawing." Another is a short series.  

ID illustration psummgroup

"However before you trash your animations, at least two recent experiments showed that for teaching procedures such as how to fold origami shapes, animations were more effective than still photos. Scientists aren’t really sure why animations work better for procedures but suggest that the human brain has evolved specialized neurons for learning by observation."
Good, very short series of articles:Animation, Images, Games

ID animation illustration games psummgroup

"For readers unfamiliar with her work, it might appear that Alison Bechdel came out of nowhere to receive critical acclaim for her comic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, published in 2006"

comics interview memoir

Built in to Quicktime. Handy.

recording screenshot psummgroup

"Molecular gastronomy experiments have resulted in new innovative dishes like hot gelatins, airs, faux caviar, spherical ravioli, crab ice cream and olive oil spiral."

food cooking food science

Good collection of styles.

infographics visualization

"...outsourcing support services may actually increase costs..."

print printing outsource

"It’s still the most widely implemented creativity technique in the world. It was pioneered by Alex Osborn, an ad executive, in the late 1940s. One important rule for classic brainstorming as he outlined it is no criticism allowed; all ideas are good ideas. The assumption being that the imagination’s very meek and shy and if it’s worried about being criticized it will just clam up. It’s a feel-good technique. The only problem is it doesn’t work."

creativity brainstorming psummgroup psutlt

"Before you put together another PowerPoint presentation, make sure your pick the right type of chart to clearly communicate the information you want to share. Here's how."

Visualization infographic presentation

"...science is a method for finding generalizations that can be used to explain what people-in-general experience, while narrative is a means of creating unique accounts of what I experienced,"

story narrative

"If you want to create a really transformational innovation, you'd better be in an organization that's designed to support, not merely tolerate, someone as challenging as Steve Jobs. Otherwise forget it." Finally, another opinion.

innovation attitude

"The Plain Language Action and Information Network (PLAIN) is a community of federal employees dedicated to the idea that citizens deserve clear communications from government. "

writing language communication

Good post. I'd share it, but everyplace I'd post only reaches people who know.

twitter social

Jerry Maddox photo set. Beautiful color work.

photography Maddox

Fascinating post: "In the blinds-up condition, however, the participants’ self-esteem was not at all affected, almost as if participants were saying “I don’t care what this person thinks, I know they can see me and they are just racist. This has no bearing on how I feel about myself.”

diversity self-esteem

"Faculty members must pay significant attention to those student behaviors critical to the pursuit of excellence and those behaviors that sabotage learning." First time I've heard it discussed. Usually, we're told to look for ways to entertain.

disposition excellence