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Hi. I have been remiss in keeping this blog updated. Been very busy the last few months. Here are a few recent highlights: Co-organized and emceed Ignite Pittsburgh 2, a community event where people share interesting ideas and projects emanating from the smartest and most creative minds in Pittsburgh. Video of me doing large scale [...]

Capturing moments at IFVP Conference 2010

I was proud to have the opportunity to speak at a press conference at City Hall on the topic of Philadelphia’s request for Google to install an ultra high speed data network here in Philly. That is Mayor Nutter looking at me as I share my thoughts on why Philly would be an ideal testbed [...]

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 [...]

As some of you know, I am now making explanatory animated videos like the one at the bottom of this post. I have branded this venture Envizualize and have created the Evizualize Blog. Here are some of the topics that I will touch: Visual Explanation Storytelling The business and art of running an arty business

This was shot at IndyHall in Philadelphia. The challenge: describe coworking in one word. People had a hard time with this, as coworking can be so many things. Plus I totally ambushed them. Here’s my whack at it: coworking is the phenomenon of a bunch of people who decide to work in the same physical [...]

Over at Indy Hall I sit next to the lead developer for the Mac application RipIt, a program which provides you a brain-dead easy way to back up and play your dvd’s at full quality on your computer. It’s nice to see them getting some recognition at blogs like The Unofficial Apple Weblog and Smoking [...]

(image by jonny) I have known in my gut that there is something unspeakably wrong about cubicles. I quit my last job largely because of the cubicle factor. Now my friend Nahum Gershon has sent me articles backing up my instincts. Workers of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your synthetic partitions. [...]

One of the great things about moving to a new town is that you get to expand your social and professional networks by meeting a bunch of new people. One of the people that I have gotten acquainted with since coming to Philly is Gloria Bell. Gloria runs Red Stapler Consulting, a business which helps [...]

(Copyright Frank Naif, used by permission) Have you ever thought about writing a book? If you did, how would you promote it using social media? This week we will have author, Frank Naif, on the show and we are going to help him figure out how to get the word out about his new book: [...]