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Chicago’s ‘Mayor for Life’ Decides Not to Run

2010-09-08T13:57:36Z

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SUSAN SAULNY, Chicago’s ‘Mayor for Life’ Decides Not to Run, September 7, 2010

Prior to living in Brooklyn, both Nora and I have lived in Chicago for quite sometime. For that reason, this article caught my eye this morning: Shock over Mayor Richard M. Daley’s news spread all the way to Washington, where the White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, has said he would like the job. This timeline highlights a few of the milestones in Mayor Daley's influence on the city of Chicago over the course of his leadership.

Richard M. Daley was Chicago's mayor from 1989 to 2011. The day after Christmas, he will become the longest-serving mayor in the history of the city.

Line By Line, A Year in Review - "Guest Blogger Fernando Orellena Synthesizes the world on August 5th"

2010-09-03T10:29:39Z

This week Line By Line turned 1! To celebrate, this week we revisited some of the biggest news stories of the year.

Throughout the year, we have had guest bloggers make their own interpretations of the news. My favorite, was our most recent blogger, artist Fernando Orellena. Fernando didn't choose one story from August 5th, but synthesized a number of headline stories, some critical, some mundane. To see the original post, click here

Stay tuned for next Friday, when we launch our Guest Blogger Friday spot on Line By Line. At the end of each week, we will feature a guest graphic facilitator, illustrator, or artist. Would you like a turn? Just contact us, info@imagethink.net

Line By Line, A Year in Review - "On Street Tracing Haiti's Pain, Survival Goes On"

2010-09-02T15:24:44Z

This week we are celebrating Line By Line's first birthday by revisiting important stories and images from the year. This visual is from the January 25th post Heather did on the Haiti's earthquake survivors. To see original New York Times story, click here

Line By Line, a year in review: " Hopes Fade for Comprehensive Climate Treaty"

2010-09-01T12:15:19Z

This week we are celebrating Line By Line's first birthday by revisiting important stories and images from the year. A favorite of mine is Heather Willem's coverage of the Copenhagen Climate talks. While highly anticipated, unfortunately, the meeting of the United Nations yielded little results global policy to deter climate change.

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A Year in Review - Obama's Speech on Health Care

2010-08-31T13:19:19Z

To celebrate the 1 year birthday of ImageThink's Blog, Line By Line, we wanted to repost some of the important graphic summaries that developed from world events in the past 12 months. Below is Nora Herting's visual summary of President Obama's Heath Care Speech, originally posted: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 Click here to view the original post and comments.
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Obama's speech on Health Care to Congress. September 9, 2009.

Line By Line Blog Turns 1 Year Old

2010-08-30T13:23:52Z

ImageThink's blog, Line By Line, turns 1 year old this week!

For the past year ImageThink have been creating graphic summaries of the New York Times Headlines. This week we will be posting the "best of" posts from the past 12 months.

We want to give special thanks to all of our guest bloggers this year: Liam O'Brien, Fernando Orellena, Isaac Fortoul, Jonny Goldstein, Ryan Robinson, and Dusty Folwarczny. And thank YOU for visiting!

We look forward to another year of great visual summaries, more information on graphic facilitation, and frequent guest bloggers from fantastic artists, illustrators, and graphic facilitators!

Heather Willems, Untitled Cakes, ink &acrylic on board, 03/05/09

Harvard Business Review Sites Benefits of Graphic Facilitation

2010-08-26T15:55:34Z

We are excited to see Harvard Business Review publish an article on graphic facilitation "Vision Statement: Tired of PowerPoint? Try This Instead"

The article discusses the increasing prominence of of graphic facilitation in business meetings as a solution to "powerpoint fatigue." Professor Martin Eppler of University of Galen Switzerland sites the real-time, collaborative nature of a graphic record of a group's discussion as the reason that attendees of meetings supported by graphic facilitators have increased recall.

Attendees of meetings supported by graphic facilitators have increased recall. Professor Martin Eppler of University of Galen Switzerland believes it is the real-time, collaborative nature of the resulting visual of a group's discussion that increases investment and retention.

He characterizes Powerpoint as a passive mode of information, which is authored by one person prior to the meeting.

The excellent illustrations are by Stephanie Crowley, a fellow graphic facilitator in the field.

BugBots

2010-08-24T13:29:13Z

Harvard engineering professor, Rob Wood, is working with a team of graduate students to design and create robotic insects smaller than the size of your finger tip.

While robo-bugs could one day replace honey bees (upon their extinction) they are also designed to work in swarms to build parts of bridges and damns that are too dangerous for humans to reach. Miniature worm like robots are being developed for the medical industry to deliver drug injections to specific areas in the intestinal system.

To learn more click here: http://micro.seas.harvard.edu/

Big Top Circus

2010-08-23T12:13:41Z

The coffee lid market is valued at $180 million. Last year in the United States alone, $14 billion lids were sold. Innovators are accepting the design challenge to make the best new lid. whether it steams you breakfast sandwhich or french presses your custom coffee, designers hope to be the next big thing and join SOLO's lid (that used at Starbucks) in the MOMA museum.

Moose Offer Trail of Clues on Arthritis

2010-08-18T13:35:52Z

PAM BELLUCK "Moose Offer Trail of Clues on Arthritis" , August 16, 2010 New York Times

By studying arthritic moose, researchers are beginning to see clear link between poor nutrition and osteoarthritis.