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 […]
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Upcoming Jonny Appearances: Refresh Philly (June 1, Visual Notetaking) and Pecha Kucha Philly (June 13, Snake-o-Phobia)
May 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: Uncategorized · Public Speaking · PR · creativity
RSVP for VizThink Philly 2: Get Framed at the Storyboard-O-Rama
May 15th, 2009 · No Comments
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, […]
Tags: Uncategorized · artteacher · teaching · creativity · visual facilitation
A great way to learn fast and deeply: scan a blog from beginning to end.
February 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments
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 […]
Tags: media musings · entrepreneurship · biz · creativity · marketing · graphic faciliation · education
Visual Notes from the Rethinking the Library Junto Event
February 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments
(click to see larger image)
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, […]
Tags: drawings · drawings of the week · images · Good Causes · nptech · making the world a better place · event maps · creativity · digital divide · graphic faciliation · kids · education
Sleeping on the Train? You may be my next art model!
February 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments
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.
Tags: Uncategorized · drawings · drawings of the week · images · personal meanderings · creativity
Teaching Visual Organization and Information Design Class at Parsons
January 29th, 2009 · No Comments
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 […]
Tags: Uncategorized · drawings · images · self-portraits · artteacher · Public Speaking · creativity · visual facilitation · graphic faciliation · education
Ira Glass Takes 2,000 People to Storytelling School in Philly
January 26th, 2009 · 6 Comments
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 […]
Tags: drawings · images · Performance · People Who Rock · creativity · education
Yanni Goldthtein, holithtic healer, rocks NYC
January 12th, 2009 · 3 Comments
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.
Tags: Performance · maniacal laughter · jonny in the media · video · People Who Rock · creativity
TransitSketches
January 4th, 2009 · No Comments
I love taking mass transit—subways in particular, but ferries, buses, trains, I dig all these modes of travel. Part of the appeal is all the people arrayed in front of me as models for my sketchy purposes. I thought I’d start documenting these sketches that I make; here are the first installments. Quick little things, […]
Tags: Uncategorized · drawings · images · personal meanderings · creativity
TweetMobile: You tweet, they flap
December 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Here is one of the creators of TweetMobile, Jorge Just demonstrating his mashup between the microblogging service Twitter, and actual physical objects. Here’s how TweetMobile works: if you tweet certain words, that causes mechanical birds to flap around in real life.
Check the video to see TweetMobile in action.
Tags: video · Interviews · mashups · creativity · physical computing
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