Category: visual thinking

Blog comments that make you say “wow!” | BlogHer

Read the comments on this post Blog comments that make you say “wow!” | BlogHer (which of course, I found because Denise linked to me otherwise I would not have seen it because there are not enough hours in the day.) How do you feel about comments?

People ask me if comments in blogs are important. If you want to connect to others, and hear what they think, then they are. There are also terrific blogs that either have comments turned off, or create an experience where we don’t feel compelled to comment. For instance, people who post things that are just so darned complete and full cause me to simply take it in. And shut up!

Comments, like linking to other people, is an act of reciprocity. Give and get. So if you want comments and links, go forth and comment on things that others post – things the inspire, move you, make you want to offer a different perspective or just thank them for something they wrote that matters to you. And link, link, link to the beautiful work of others. Even ones that haven’t fully emerged yet – keep them on your radar screen!

Photo Credit:

http://www.linkbacklove.org/

(And grr, now all my right aligned photos are not right-aligning!)

Visual thinking and being funny

Lee LeFever blogged about this great video and I had to pass it along. As a passionate student of visual thinking and one who appreciates the performance aspect of presentations, take a look at this video by Demitri Martin

For those of you who think you can’t draw and use visuals to communicate your ideas… think again! And  hopefully this will all tweak us to think about our slide decks!

(warning – this is stand up comedy, so some of it might be offensive to some of you!)

(Oh, and yeah, the category is  Monday videos, but I like to break out a bit!)