I’ve mentioned before that David Armano is one of the bloggers that inspires Hard Knox Life thanks to his ability to capture complex thoughts through simple visuals.  In his latest presentation, he gives us an inside look at how he comes up with those visuals, including these five tips:

1. Empathize:  See the world as a child.
2. Memorize: Commit thoughts to memory.
3. Analyze: Take a step back.
4. Synthesize: Filter signal from noise.
5. Visualize: See it, then do it.

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I’m a huge believer in the power of “Web 2.0″; in the power of social computing to change the fabric of how society interacts with each other other.  So when I saw a book at the library that took the opposite stance and accused the Internet of killing society, I had to pick it up.  After spending the last two days reading  The Cult of the Amateur: How Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture by Andrew Keen, I have really been thinking if there might be some downside implications of social computing that I haven’t thought about.  It’s an interesting challenge to take the position or opinion that is completely different than yours.  So inspired by the book, I decided to jot down 4 ways Web 2.0 might be flawed…and why I might be wrong for being such a strong believer: (more…)