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Sometimes you just want to go analog: hold a book in your hands and fold back the pages; smush paint around real paper, pushing its thick viscous texture; talk face to face and get subliminal reactions. In the business world, there is such a hyperventilation about going digital and using big data that that’s all…
Okay, this week was not a good week. I’ve been working on a plan to move our macro files from Dropbox to SharePoint with an eye towards maintaining simplicity of reporting process. Most of the macro works except at the point of creating a new file and saving it: saving in SharePoint does not quite…
Did you read about Sofi’s choice? No, not the book Sophie’s Choice but about the 3-year-old girl with a heart condition being asked by the Border Patrol to make a choice as to which parent will proceed into the US with her. Folks, we are not in fiction anymore – we’ve leapt from fiction to…
As I am working on changing how our reporting systems work and look, these series of report design videos by Leila Gharani popped up just in time to give me ideas. The videos show how you can think through changing from a page full of texts and tables to something more engaging and with clear…
I’m running into a tension between a one-page design versus a design with white space. White space is supposed to ease the eye flow around visuals and tables but it does create space. I get the idea of one pagers and usually strive for that, but if the lettering is too small, maybe it would…
A week or so ago a McKinsey article on innovation popped up in my LinkedIn feed. It’s an old article but probably still relevant today. It’s the usual lament about how difficult it is to innovate. My opinion is that innovation flies in the face of today’s efficiency paradigm. Being innovative or creative is very…