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A Brief History of Information Design and Visual Storytelling

Humankind has been telling complex stories through simple visuals long before you saw your first infographic at Mashable. History is humbling, let's go back in

Via Karen Dietz, Jim Lerman
Karen Dietz's curator insight, February 6, 4:24 PM

If you are into data and storytelling, then this brief overview is for you. The slideshare program quickly explains data visualization through time.


Of course, how data is displayed -- if done well -- can tell its own story.  The next step is to give a presentation as a story, and tell the story of the data as you are doing so. 


Until then, enjoy this quick historical review of visual storytelling.


This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling at www.scoop.it/t/just-story-it

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HandWriting Mail - new technology for an old practice

If you long for the days of a handwritten letter, then perhaps this app is for you. Send simple handwritten emails. It also acts as a good handwriting practi...

Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) , Pippa Davies @PippaDavies , Sarah McElrath
Pippa Davies @PippaDavies 's curator insight, January 13, 12:56 PM

Awesome tool for students who struggle with holding a pencil.  

Sarah McElrath's curator insight, January 28, 12:38 PM

Interesting idea for teaching handwriting to the digital generation.