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Back Of 2the-Napkin
Personal blog · thebackofthenapkin.comdesignproductivity
Back Of 2the-Napkin is a personal blog at thebackofthenapkin.com about design and productivity. Since 2008, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this companion site to a book on visual thinking, which covers solving problems and selling ideas with simple pictures, diagrams and chart-type suggestions.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
My blog is a place where I share examples, techniques and tips on how visual thinking can be a powerful tool for creating more intuitive products that respond to market demands and provide a positive user experience.
Most-linked posts?
- /4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2009-01-25
What Hacker News says?
In the broader subject of illustrating any thought I rather liked the suggestions of http://www.thebackofthenapkin.com/ . The main categories from it: who/what - portrait how much - chart where - map when - timeline how - flowchart why - multiple variable plot
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on “ How to Choose Chart Types (pic)”I've actually started regressing away from PowerPoint back into the 'chalk talk'. There's something incredibly powerful about being able to draw the idea in front of an audience which makes your presentation just that much more sticky, especially in this day of ubiquitous slides. As an additional benefit, I find that I have to put a lot more thought into what actually needs to get communicated when I have to physica…
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on “How to make awesome diagrams for your slides”Powerpoint isn't the problem. It's a symptom. The real problem is communicating effectively with ideas/pictures. There are two books which have made me better at this: 1. The back of the napkin [ http://www.thebackofthenapkin.com/ ] 2. Slide:ology [ http://blog.duarte.com/book/ ] These books kick-started my journey to understanding (and appreciating) the use of diagrams, colors, fonts, and imagery for the purpose of…
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on “We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint”There a book built around this concept: http://www.thebackofthenapkin.com/ I'm not a salesman, so I've never tried this technique for sales, but I'm always surprised how much better people can understand things when I diagram them in real time using a piece of paper than with any fancy infographics I might have carefully constructed ahead of time.
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on “Seth's Blog: The talking pad”Ah, a very clear and concise appeal. I just read http://thebackofthenapkin.com/ on a train ride last week. It's a good read about how to solve problems and sell ideas with simple pictures like the one in that post. Not sure what I can add to the discussion about the topic in the image, but I was inspired to share the book. And Seth Godin(Oh really? I hear he's on Internet.) says it makes you smarter, so maybe we can…
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on “Bail us out, nerds.”