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Philly.com did this nice video feature about the Cardboard Tube Fighting League. I was pleasantly surprised that they opened it with footage of me using one of the tubes as a didgeridoo. It’s a fun watch, to see masses battling with cardboard tubes in front of the Philly Art Museum. Good times.

At this month’s VizThink, veteran public speaker, Jonny Goldstein (that’s me), will show you how to use visual thinking to create and deliver a powerful presentation. Afterward, we will head somewhere nearby for some food and drink.
YOU MUST RSVP BEFORE FRIDAY, NOON, SEPT 11, in order to attend the Monday, Sept 14, event. Otherwise you […]

If you would like to learn about visual notetaking or feel like being entertained by a presentation I’m giving about my fear of snakes, June is the month for you.
June 1: Refresh Philly Hands-On.
I will be leading a mini-workshop on visual notetaking in Philly at the Comcast Center as part of the Refresh Philly Hands-On […]

RSVP here for VizThink Philly 2
Topic: Get Framed….at the Storyboard-O-Rama
VizThinker Julia Pellicciaro will do a quick storyboarding demo, and then we’ll make our own and share them with each other.
Storyboards are poweful tools for planning and pitching projects. They are can also stand alone as potent communication devices.
Afterwards if you care for drinks and pierogies, […]

Recently, I decided to combine my interests in teaching, media making, writing, and drawing to create a business where I make explanatory videos. Luckily for me, Le Lefever, of Common Craft, has documented his process of making explanatory videos in detail on the Common Craft blog.
Here’s the video that started it all for Common […]

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Notes from the Rethinking the Library event at P’unk Avenue in Philly.
The place was packed with passionate people, who sent their ideas flying around the room about the unique institution of the American Library.
Panelists included:
Jim Pecora
Maria Falgoust
Sarah Murphy
Moderator:
Nate Hill
Some threads:

The importance of diverse space within libraries (for quiet reading, […]

I love sitting across from someone who nods off on the train. They make perfect models for a quick sketch. This is part of my ongoing series of sketches of people who are using mass transit. So next time you nod off on the train, you may be my next muse.

When my friend Ariel Churi asked me to substitute for him for the first meeting of the Visual Organization and Visual Design class at Parsons School of Design, I jumped at the chance.
We created a bunch of mind maps to get them started on their first task: to create a project which communicates information […]

View from the nosebleed seats, with notes in the margins

Waiting for rush tickets in the lobby.
The two sketches above are from Ira Glass’s appearance at the Kimmel Center in Philly, January 24, 2009. Ira Glass is the executive producer and host of This American Life. Who needs a camera?
Glass gave an entertaining and moving seminar […]

My cousin, Yanni Goldthtein, Holithtic Healer, made an appearance at the Ace of Clubs in Manhattan last Saturday night singing “Wild Thing” as part of the Creamsicles Rock-and-Roll Variety Show.