HOW IT FEELS TO HAVE A STROKE - JILL BOLTE

Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.

TAGGALAXY

a space galaxy like representation of the relationships between tags on flickr. the initial tag is illustrated as a star, surrounded by “planets” that represent the complementary tags. drilling down to that sphere creates another galaxy cluster centered with a star made from the combination of tags, & more orbiting planets. selected stars morph into a image collection globe.

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Yves Behar - Creating objects that tell stories

AN INTRODUCTION INTO VISUAL THINKING

EVERNOTE

Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at anytime, from anywhere.

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DOODLE

Plan online een activiteit… zoals een vergadering, een zakenlunch, een conference call, een familiebijeenkomst, een filmavondje, of eender welke andere groepsactiviteit.

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TIPS FOR MANAGING A CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT

CREATIVEMINDS

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AltsR.US - top alternative search engines list

AltsR.Us is a list of the best alternative search engines arranged by popularity. The popularity rank is updated on a weekly basis by using the data from Compete.com and Alexa.com.

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BRAND TAGS

“The basic idea of this site is that a brand exists entirely in people’s heads. Therefore, whatever it is they say a brand is, is what it is… A collective experiment in brand perception. All tags are generated by people like you and do not reflect the opinions of the site owner or anyone else he knows. Have fun.”

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Amy Tan: Where does creativity hide?

Novelist Amy Tan digs deep into the creative process, journeying through her childhood and family history and into the worlds of physics and chance, looking for hints of where her own creativity comes from. It's a wild ride with a surprise ending.

HERMANN BRAIN DOMINANCE

The Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI) is a system claimed to measure and describe thinking preferences in people, developed by William "Ned" Herrmann.

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Read more on the theory behind the HBDI®.

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INFORMATION DESIGN PATTERNS

“This application prototype is part of the Master thesis ‘The Form of Facts and Figures,’ developed by Christian Behrens in the Interface Design program at Potsdam University of Applied Sciences. Its goal is the development of of a design pattern taxonomy for the field of data visualization and information design.”

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COLOR PICKR - FLICKR

A very useful tool for picking pics all matching in tint

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